Monday, September 12, 2016

Dead Olive Boulevard

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It starts out strong enough, rows of rehabbed buildings with award-winning restaurants around Compton Avenue.


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Then it starts to get a little more quiet, and the buildings, while well-maintained, start to look a little less august.


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And then the giant swaths of grass, generating zero activity, and surely zero tax dollars. Is this the middle of a major city, or an exurban greensward?


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Wouldn't the people in this building want somewhere they could walk to?


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