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Go behind the scenes of Historic Buildings of Iowa: Davenport with producer Dan Bolsem. In this BTS interview, Dan shares how the stories, architecture, and history of Davenport came together on screen. Enjoy the full program: https://www.iowapbs.org/shows/historicbuildings/episode/13489/historic-buildings-iowa-davenport | Iowa PBS

MISSISSIPPI HOTEL — Davenport, Iowa, 1931. Restoration Time New Neon One of downtown’s last great Art Deco hotels. She opened her doors on November 24th, 1931 with 200 rooms, 50 apartments, and a movie palace attached — the old RKO Orpheum, now the Adler Theatre. She saw the Depression… the riverboats… big-band nights… and the slow fade of the downtown hotel era. By the early ’80s the hotel closed, but the building survived — reborn as the Mississippi Lofts, with the theatre still lighting up th