Burke Ruder Photographs

Gallery IV

NewBo, in July

Cedar Rapids, Iowa · 9 July 2026 · 9 photographs

A walk through Cedar Rapids' NewBo district on a gray July day: the city market's long red roof, a painted piano left out for anyone, bike racks bent into the neighborhood's logo.

Small-town lettering is its own kind of portrait. These are the signs a place puts up when it's telling you who it is.

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