Who wouldn’t be? Just walking into the newly opened downtown Hyatt Place is a real…well…eye opener. The two story mural,…
Three guys and three falls
We’re just three guys with something like 210-plus years of hard-won experience between us. We may not be kids anymore…
Hendersonville interlude
It was a nine hour drive from GNV to the Irby cabin, tucked away on a small mountain outside Brevard…
Going off course in Palatka
Funny story. On my way from Sebastian to Gainesville on Saturday I stopped at Palatka’s Riverfront Park and unloaded my…
On a crooked road
Brown’s Landing Road is a 35 mph two-lane road that, not surprisingly, leads from Palatka to Brown’s Landing. I’ve cycled…
I’ve got questions
Looking for answers on Election Day: Can a platform built on anger, resentment and nostalgia for ‘good old days’ that…
Who will step up to save the ART?
Scenes in a gloomy citadel: Laertes pushes a broom over the faux-stone floor because somebody has to do it. Polonus…
My lost cause of choice
For reasons I cannot fathom, the San Felasco Planning Section – basically an affiliation of local planners – invited me…
Develop the Power District locally, organically
What to do about that big, ugly, decaying industrial complex between downtown and Depot Park? Say, what if we rehabbed…
Somewhere along the road
This past couple of years I’ve been spending a lot of time driving between Gainesville and Melbourne to visit my…
