While I’m elbow deep in this 50-year retrospective of the Gainesville 8 trial, I think it worth revisiting the particularly … More
Author: FreeGNV
Ron Cunningham is a sometime journalist who used to string words together at the Gainesville Sun before I retired to free lance and blog. If I still had a business card it would read: Ron Cunningham: Trained Observer Of The Human Condition. Because like The Donald, you know, ego.
What difference a half century?
I guess that the government was trying to intimidate us. Vietnam veterans were not the kind of guys you could … More
Where the art meets the asphalt
Cities coast-to-coast are increasingly turning to arts-driven street redesigns—think colorful crosswalks, intersection murals and painted pedestrian plazas—to quickly improve city … More
When we turned our backs on Hogtown Creek
I went to Creekside Mall to check out the Acrosstown Repertory Theater’s new home. Which, naturally, made me think about … More
The fine art of parking at GHS
The things you notice when you get around town on a bicycle. Riding from Planet Fitness to the 13th Street … More
The third time’s the charm for the ART
I wrote this piece about the Acrosstown Repertory Theater’s new home for The Gainesville Sun. Turns out there will be … More
Florida needs a Claudius, it’s got a DeSanitizer
What’s running hot and what’s running cold in Florida? Hot: Florida’s climate catastrophes. Not: The DeSantis Presidential campaign. Florida’s seas … More
That time in Sarasota
So I’m in Sarasota. This because I am a member of the Florida Bar’s Citizen Advisory Committee (go figure). The … More
Petty’s Wildflowers opens at The Cade
Listen, if you are a Tom Petty fan (and really, who isn’t in this town?) you need to get yourself … More
Will Waldo finally catch a traffic break?
The urbanist Andres Duane once said that the Department of Transportation has “destroyed more American cities than Gen. Sherman.” In … More
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