The Pentacrest is the name given to a collection of five buildings on a four-block-sized parcel of land in Iowa City, Iowa. Buildings are combinatorial structures on which groups act; the theory of buildings was introduced by Jacques Tits and expounded in Kenneth S. Browns excellent monograph Buildings. ... A parcel is a mailable or shippable item other than a letter, book, or other document. ... Iowa City is a city located in Johnson County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,220. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ...

Description

The Pentracrest is the zero-point of the street grid of Iowa City. The axes are defined by Iowa Avenue and Capitol Street. The exact center is marked by the Old Capitol building, which was used as the capitol of the Iowa Territory. (The current capitol of the state of Iowa is Des Moines.) The grid plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. ... Photo of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, December 2003. ... Iowa Territory was an organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1838 until December 28, 1846 when it became Iowa, the 29th state. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ...

The borders of the Pentracrest are Jefferson Street on the north, Washington Street on the south, Madison Street on the west, and Clinton Street on the east. Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... A compass rose with South highlighted South is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The buildings are now owned by the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, on the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ...

History

The Pentacrest was not always the Pentacrest. Other buildings have been located on the site since its founding. The present configuration is a relatively recent one, that was established during the 20th century. Casting is a process by which a material is introduced into a mold while it is liquid, allowed to solidify in the shape inside the mold, and then removed producing a fabricated object, part, or casing. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

External links

• Terraserver aerial photograph of the Iowa City Pentacrest
• Google Maps of Pentracrest area