Main Street Pedestrian Mall. All the buildings along the southern side of Main Street were later removed as part of the urban renewal project, except for the Kresge building at the far end of the block. The ped mall experiment was soon declared a failure - partly because the uneven brick paving of the walkways made walking risky - and the street was restored after just a few years. For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157
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Main Street Pedestrian Mall. All the buildings along the southern side of Main Street were later removed as part of the urban renewal project, except for the Kresge building at the far end of the block. The ped mall experiment was soon declared a failure - partly because the uneven brick paving of the walkways made walking risky - and the street was restored after just a few years. For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157