CEDAR FALLS - For years, the building at 204 W. Seerley Blvd. served as a place for mourning the death of loved ones.

On the Manhattan side of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, there is a giant bronze lamppost. There used to be two, but one of them mysteriously disappeared decades ago.

Shafer credits the supportive community but also the nostalgia of the location. Before he purchased it, the building was home to Joe DiFederico's Lampost, an Italian restaurant founded in 1945 ...