By Jacob Simmering, Iowa City I read Thomas Argan’s letter with interest. I agree completely that the Slezak-Holub-Skarda building is an attractive building that survived the era of urban renewal that took away many similarly attractive buildings. The parking lot across the street and next to the building were once the home to more interesting land uses, namely […]
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Letter to the editor: The city’s hesitation to landmark the Slezak-Holub-Skarda building should concern us
By Thomas Agran, Iowa City On April 2, the Iowa City City Council deferred a vote on landmarking the lovingly maintained Slezak-Holub-Skarda building, or more affectionately known as the Pagliai’s building. Good. This gives a little more time for Iowa Citians to imagine a giant hole in the ground, and rehearse their opines for another […]
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Is this building a landmark? Iowa City Council will discuss status of Pagliai’s Pizza home at Tuesday hearing
There will be a public hearing during the Iowa City Council’s formal meeting on Tuesday about whether to designate the 19th century building and longtime home of Pagliai’s Pizza as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. The push to have the building at 302-316 E Bloomington Street landmarked began after the building was listed for sale […]
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Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission to hold public hearing on landmark status for building that’s home to Pagliai’s Pizza
The Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing during its Thursday evening meeting on the possibility of conferring landmark status on the Northside building that’s been home to Pagliai’s Pizza since 1969. The building at 302-316 E Bloomington St, properly known as the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, dates back to 1876 and, despite the […]
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The 148-year-old building that’s home to Pagliai’s Pizza is up for sale; Iowa City officials to consider granting it landmark status
The address 302 E Bloomington St may not sound familiar to many, but almost everyone living in Iowa City, and generations of students and visitors, know Pagliai’s Pizza. The 19th century building in Iowa City’s Northside Neighborhood has been home to the iconic pizzeria since the ’70s, and its future is a topic for discussion […]
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Best of the CRANDIC 2018: Food & Drink
The results are in! Here are the winners of Little Village’s 2018 Best of the CRANDIC competition in the Food & Drink category, representing voters’ favorite restaurants, bars, growers and innovators in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City area.
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The Pizza Top-10: Ranking the best pies in Hawktown
Pizza is a perfect food: The textural contrast between the gooey cheese, the crunch and chew of the crust, the snap of veggies and Italian sausage…you get all your food groups in one place, and can’t help but feel satisfied. A true comfort food. Are you hungry yet? Don’t worry, Little Village‘s ‘Za Top-10 is […]
