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BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION

The benefits of historic preservation advance ReflectDSM’s three main goals: to be
equitable and inclusive, community-centered, and strategically integrated into
corresponding community revitalization initiatives to drive better outcomes.

Connecting with the Past Beautiful, Healthy, and

and Telling All Our Stories Distinctive Civic Places

Quality of Construction, Economic Benefits
Adaptability, and Sustainability and Affordability

Moving Clockwise, Figure 4. The Billikin Ballroom, Center Street,1940s. (Source: Robert E. Patten Collection, State Historical Society of
Iowa); Figure 5. On the John Pat Dorrian Trail looking west towards downtown. (Source: KKC) Figure 6. The northwest corner of E Grand
Avenue and E 6th Street. (Source: KKC) Figure 7. The Lexington Apartments, a historic apartment building located at the intersection of
Pleasant Street and 18th Street. Completed in 1908, this building was the city's first high rise apartment building. (Source: KKC)

20 DES MOINES Citywide Historic Preservation Plan