IOWA CITY - The Iowa City Council on Tuesday threw its support behind a downtown development designed to revitalize and preserve the character of the Pedestrian Mall.
Lang 1/20/21 The Iowa City city council has unanimously approved a $56 million plan to revitalize buildings on the Ped Mall. The Tailwind Group's proposed
1/17/21
Allegedly passing out in a pile of vomit inside the Hall Mall has led to the arrest of an Iowa City man.
Passersby on the Ped Mall alerted Iowa City Police that a man appeared to be passed out in a pile of vomit at the bottom of the stairs just inside the locked Hall Mall entrance just before 10:15 Friday night.
Police say the subject was responsive to fire and emergency personnel, but refused to unlock the door. A firefighter used a master key to get inside.
The man inside the door, later identified as 40-year-old Jerry Glover, was eventually assessed by paramedics. Police say Glover declared that he was not going to the hospital, then grabbed a paramedic and tried pushing him out the door. Glover allegedly walked out the door onto the Ped Mall to confront a police officer. The officer noted that Glover smelled of ingested alcohol, showed signs of intoxication, admitted to being drunk and was covered in urine and vomit.
12/20/20
A University of Iowa graduate student allegedly told police he drove recklessly past an officer twice because he was told to “swim like a fish”.
An Iowa City Police officer says he observed a BMW Mini-Cooper driving recklessly by swerving in and out of traffic near Clinton and College Streets in front of the Old Capitol Town Center just before 6:45 Saturday night. The officer initially stopped another vehicle, but the Mini-Cooper drove around the perimeter of the Ped Mall and returned, again driving by the officer recklessly. This time the officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and allegedly detected the strong odor of ingested alcohol coming from the driver, identified as 26-year-old Daryl Irby of Pearland, Texas, a Houston suburb. Online records list Irby as a UI graduate fellow in marketing.
12/13/20
Riverside Theatre will soon have a new home, if the Iowa City City Council gives its approval.
City Councilor Susan Mims told KCJJ during the “Middays at Monica’s” show on Thursday that the council’s Economic Development Committee approved the Tailwind Group’s proposed plan for restoring and revitalizing historic buildings on the south side of the Ped Mall, including the former sites of the Union Bar and Fieldhouse nightclub. One of those plans includes moving Riverside Theatre into one of the buildings after the group had been without a home since not renewing its lease at its North Gilbert Street location at the end of June. Riverside Theatre is asking the city for $20,000 to help with its relocation to the Ped Mall.