Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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Reconstructing one of the two YCC canoes, jennifer Fox cuts off excess material so the canoe can be painted. Mark Buckley, Roxanne Burche and Cate Sheller cut down weeds along the Saulsbury Recreation Area roadside. Weed cutting, commonly known as weedie whipping is another big favorite in YCC. 5, , M ::f2n i 9 it r M rzmv-454' Clad in leather gloves, steel toed boots and hard hat, lim Kim prepares a hole for a post which will support the kids as they climb up the chain ladder of the Tot Lot Obsticle Course. Lynne Goedken and Bob Hoffman take advantage of youth leader Ron Kiser's turned back to play taxi, but unfortunately for Lynne, the taxi turned out to be a dump truck. YCC 19

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LCOM DOD G CITY Like a page out of old West history, the scene was typical. Dust flew as river breezes kicked up y whirlwinds that swept through the doorways of old storefronts. The S streets were bare and dry. There were no sidewalks, no pavement or parking meters. Only sand, gravel, dirt and fragmented chunks of what was once the busiest street in downtown Muscatine. Take away the graters, dump trucks, and other road repair equipment, and you could have filmed an episode of GUNSMGKE right in the middle of Second Street. , The city of Muscatine began its beautification program for the downtown area in May, and continued improvements and construction through October. Steps taken to make the downtown work involved completely rebuilding a four block area of Second Street from Iowa Avenue to Walnut Street. After widening and repairing the sidewalks and streets, workers added several wooden benches and installed cement planters at each corner of every intersection. For weeks, businesses in the area were inconvenienced by the torn up streets and sidewalks. Faithful shoppers had to battle the dust, watch their steps climbing over chunks of brick and metal, and avoid falling into huge holes. Traffic had to be rerouted constantly as workers completed, the streets block by block. Beautification was not limited to Second Street. At the riverfront, parking lots were expanded and new ones built where old vacant buildings once stood, to accommodate the expected heavier traffic. In the park area, an open air pavillion was erected, overlooking the Mississippi. looming upward in the gray sky, the high-rise apartment for the elderly is completed in stages. In several months, it would be ready to house many awaiting senior- citizens. - Urban renewal took placeon. Third Street, as cranes and scaffolding hovered over the frame of what would soon be new high rise housing for the elderly. Its location would make it ideal for tenants wishing to shop downtown.. Although the inconveniences y .ytgg y during the beautification period liyl were many, theilfinal results were' worth every parking problem, every bit of dust in the eye and every ' chuckhole your feet managed to land in. . . g gg We gained our new downtown and made more important gains if where community ties were concerned. Citizens worked to make their community a special place for everyone. We made it work, together. g x 3. -v rt rf' :ku A tree grows in Muscatine at the corner- oft each intersection on Second Street. Shoppers look forward to at greener downtown next spring as the treesadd a touch of nature to the ominous coldness of the gray concrete buildings. r ' i ' ' ' i ' 'S Urban Renewal 21