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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Iowa City wants more downtown pianos
The City Council Monday night sang the praises of the project that has put pianos on sidewalks downtown for anyone to play.
“We love it. We want a piano in front of our store,” said council member Terry Dickens, co-owner of Herteen & Stocker Jewelers on the Pedestrian Mall.
Two pianos are in place now. Businessmen Marc Moen and Mark Ginsberg, who organized the project, have proposed five locations within the downtown for additional pianos.
The City Code will have to be amended to allow the pianos to stay permanently. Council members asked staff to draw up the language so they can do that.
UI alumn Lauren Laftsidis, of Chicago, (left) and UI alumn Kendra Meyer of West Des Moines try to remember how to play 'My Heart Will Go On' from Titanic on a piano outside of M.C. Ginsberg and Pancheros on E. Washington Street in downtown Iowa City on Friday, July 16, 2010. Two different pianos have been set up by Marc Moen and Mark Ginsberg in downtown Iowa City to engage all people in playing. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)
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