A downtown icon in Columbia, Missouri is about to be torn down.

Shakespeare’s Pizza has occupied the building at 225 S. Ninth St. since 1973, but the pizzeria will have to move around the corner next month as developers tear down the building.

Developers plan a multistory, multi-use building at that address. Shakespeare’s manager says they hope to duplicate the current floor plan and decor when they move in as a ground-floor tenant in about a year.

The restaurant has two other locations in Columbia.