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📷 Catching the last rays of the setting sun. Lutheran Church of Hope ( formerly First Christian Church) at sunset. (at Drake Neighborhood) instagram.com/p/CDcuqdknw1b/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYk9kONea…

📷 It’s an Iowa thing! Salad fork with a corn cob on the end. Once there was a spoon, too. Great way to start a conversation when you’re tossing the salad. (at Newens Sanitary Dairy Historic District)... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYk9vX_my…

📷 Spiffy! Next time you go to Gazali’s for a gyro, check out the shiny new floor. (at Drake Neighborhood) instagram.com/p/CDcwbnMngKk/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYk9yXQ8y…

📷 Such great clouds today. Like someone got up really early and hung them in patterns for us to admire. Looking up on University avenue near 40th street. (at Drake Neighborhood) instagram.com/p/CDe7KrVHuLe/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYkRIQPCa…

📷 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Celebrating late; it was actually Aug. 2. According to ice cream historians, the rectangular sandwich dates to 1889. But there are also round ones, like those made by Thelma’s right here in Des Moines.... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYkRgCUqq…

📷 Confused! No cicadas tonight at Drake park. But the cool temps brought out lots of crickets. Does that mean an early autumn? View is looking out from southwest corner of the park onto Cottage Grove avenue and Kingman boulevard. (at Drake... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYkWC4w8m…

📷 Cottage Grove extension at night. Street goes over I-235 and becomes Crocker street in the Sherman Hill neighborhood. (at Drake Neighborhood) instagram.com/p/CDfjNL3HV4A/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYkWIkW4i…

📷 University avenue reconstruction in the Drake area won’t be finished for another month. According to the city’s website, the new target date for completing the project is Sept. 5. Even after the roadwork is finished, however, there will... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYkky3NKm…

📷 Another block near Drake is being torn up for storm sewer work. The latest is on Drake Park avenue between 23rd and 24th streets. This, too, is part of the multi year, multimillion dollar project to separate storm and sanitary sewers... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYkl1tbSq…

📷 New home for Harkin Institute at Drake university expected to be finished this fall. To find out more, visit Drake Neighborhood Experience on Facebook. (at Drake Neighborhood) instagram.com/p/CDjd2uQnPv8/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYk-dx8um…

📷 Cicadas were back on Wednesday evening, but not as noisy as last week. Cooler weather had brought out the crickets on Tuesday night (and quieted the cicadas). Forecast calls for a return to hot and humid August weather – which cicadas... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYk-nXcyu…

📷 Free dinners! New Life Church and Orchestrate Hospitality have teamed up to offer free dinners each week in the Drake area neighborhood. The meals are being distributed Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Open to all, no... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYl8iVICy…

📷 Hooray! This couch was out in front of 1132 23rd street for nearly as long as Noah was on the ark. But today it was finally taken away. A friend has suggested this saga could become a children’s book. Possible title: The couch that... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYlSMTVWq…

📷 Cicadas were on fire Friday evening around the Drake area. Best evening so far this year. View is looking south from Howard hall on university campus. (at Drake Neighborhood) instagram.com/p/CDpAAPunHPI/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYlhv700q…

📷 DART bus service will be pretty much back to pre-coronavirus schedules starting Sunday, Aug. 23. In the Drake area, routes 3 and 60 are already running on their old schedules. Keep in mind that bus service pretty much comes to an end... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYli3kJKy…

📷 Attention Drake university! It’s time to help the neighborhood with a $1 million fund for small businesses. Read more abou this proposal on the FB page for Drake Neighborhood Experience. (at Drake Neighborhood)... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYliJDfie…

📷 Whoa! This Little Food Pantry needs some love. It’s almost empty. Located in the parking lot near the Olmsted student center on the Drake campus. Pasta, dried beans, rice and canned fruit are always welcome. (at Drake Neighborhood)... tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYlxyofCq…

📷 Sunday Brunch from afar with the Red Rooster Coffee House. Potato waffles and orange slices. (at Newens Sanitary Dairy Historic District) instagram.com/p/CDrKjt7H1Ka/… tmblr.co/Z6LCVqYlzDYpya…