Landscaping and flower boxes will be added to the north side of Davenport's Freight House.
QUAD-CITY TIMES Redevelopment of the Freight House is meant to serve as an anchor for future revitalization of a 24-square-block “market district” in an area of downtown Davenport west of Ripley Street.
Patrons of Nan's Piano Bar relax on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
QUAD-CITY TIMES FILE — The latest plan for the Freight House on Davenport's riverfront has been put on ice.
Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES Lisa Willey of Davenport and her son, Spencer, take a bag of produce Wednesday from Scott Smith of the Wolf Ridge Gardens near Geneseo, Ill., at the Farmers Market in the Florian Keen Parking Lot, north of John O'Donnell Stadium on West River Drive in Davenport.
Construction continues on the sports bar portion of the Freight House complex along River Drive in Davenport, where the new Penguins Comedy Club is located. The sports bar, the Balls & Pucks Sports Cafe, is scheduled to open next month. Then, an upscale restaurant and a piano bar are expected to open April 1. (John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
(John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES) If approved, this portion of the Freight House would become the new site of Penguin's Comedy Club in Davenport.
Davenport alderman Jeff Justin, 6th Ward (L) , Bill Boom, 3rd Ward, on the ladder, and Barney Barnhill, 7th Ward, top, put a coat of primer on the rusty railroad car that sits along River Drive and Ripley Street as part of a "bonding exercise." (John Schultz/Quad-City Times)
Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Seth Huizenga of Henderson, Ill., gives a melon the sniff test in his produce stand at the Davenport Freight House Farmers Market, which was temporarily relocated Wednesday morning to Davenport Central High School's south parking lot. In the background is Huizenga's helper, David Nelson.
Abbie Baumbach with Wide River Winery in Clinton, IA tries to keep dry Saturday May 3, 2008 at the Farmers Market held in the NorthPark Mall parking lot. (Kevin E. Schmidt/ Quad-City Times)
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