Monday, May 04, 2009

Lost in the Midwest:Cedar Rapids Bent

Due to the spring flood much of the Cedar Rapids downtown is empty. Many buildings are boarded and vacant. There is a smell of dampness everywhere. Parking garages are returning to use, but there are few users. (click on image to enlarge)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for your pictures showing Cedar Rapids post flood. Going on One year, the 2nd largest natural disaster ever to occur in the U.S. has fallen off the national radar. Apparently we are back to "normal". We Cedar Rapidians prefer to think of post flood Cedar Rapids as the "new normal". Here is a sample of the devastation experienced by us personally http://www.bimmridder.com/ scroll down & hit the PLAY button for video of damage to Dan's company. C.R. is not back to normal by any standard, more info can be found at greatercedarrapidsfoundation.org.

Sorry to have missed you - hope to see you soon.
xoxo
Dan & Denise