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Eastgate Shopping Center: getting ready for The (chopping) Block.

Yes, this article is a filler; I fully confess.  The demands of a November where I was out of the country for one-third, sick for another third, then in full Thanksgiving prep mode for the final third has made it hard for me to reach my quota.  So I’m cramming this one at the end

Dunbar, West Virginia: the least effective pedestrianized downtown ever?

I hate to title a blog article with superlatives, because they’re so often redolent of clickbait.  Everyone knows an example: “the biggest box office flop”, “the most dangerous bridge”, “the ugliest dog”, “the heaviest married couple”.  Guinness Breweries managed to build a spinoff empire out of its initial 1955 Book of Records, which according to

The lapse lingers a little longer.

The last ten days have involved a hiatus from this blog that’s lasted longer than just about any lapse since my Afghanistan days. I have been overseas—and still am—with even more limited Wi-Fi access than I expected, and I didn’t expect much. Therefore, the lapse hasn’t just involved posts, it has included comments, consolidation of

The lapse lingers a little longer.

The last ten days have involved a hiatus from this blog that’s lasted longer than just about any lapse since my Afghanistan days. I have been overseas—and still am—with even more limited Wi-Fi