Status: Completed in 2008

Developer: City of Des Moines, Asian Alliance of America

Cost: $1.2 Million

Category: Recreation and Entertainment

Etc:

• Construction of a 3-story Chinese Pavilion, waterfalls, bonsai landscaping and granite sculptures along the east bank of the Principal Riverwalk near the junction of the planned pedestrian bridge
• The gardens will be named in honor of former Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray, due to his influence in opening Iowa's borders to thousands of Vietnamese refugees in the 1970's
• Project is part of the larger Chinese Cultural Center of America, which is also planned for the riverfront

April 2008

September 2006

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July 2006

December 2005

www.cccaiowa.org

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