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A 1984 view of the old Benson Motors building (earlier the Allen Motor Company) in the process of being razed. Douglas Avenue is seen to the right with the ivy-covered Elks Club building in the upper right of the photograph. The Ames Public Library is seen in the upper left. Structures on Fifth Street and Douglas Avenue were removed in order to build an addition to the library, which opened in September of 1985.