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Deere Factory Make-over Wins Award

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published July 16, 2019 at 8:00 AM CDT
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former Deere factory is now a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Waterloo
Iowa Dept of Cultural Affairs
the vacant Deere C-2 Building in Waterloo before its conversion.
Credit Iowa Dept of Cultural Affairs

The re-development of an old Deere factory has won one of this year's top preservation awards from the state of Iowa. Located in Waterloo, the big, brick 70 year old building was transformed into a stylish, modern hotel.

Herb Trix has more.

the interior of the Deere C-2 Building with the pillars.
Credit Iowa Dept of Cultural Affairs
the pillars as they look now in the Courtyard by Marriott.
Credit Iowa Dept of Cultural Affairs

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Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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