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Tom Harper: An update on Lawrence’s blue/purple streetlights (Column)
Here’s an update on the streetlights casting a blue-purple hue over Lawrence’s roadways.
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Tom Harper: A token to help close the chapter on Oldfather Studios (Column)
“Navigating an uncertain and unfamiliar terrain, I noticed a flash of color on the floor. It was the only item that had life: a movie poster in the stairway among the debris,” Tom Harper writes in this column on exploring partially demolished Oldfather Studios.
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Tom Harper: Lawrence train depot fountain is a misfit (Column)
The city has finished the nine-month-long rebuild of the fountain next to the historic Santa Fe/Amtrak depot in East Lawrence. Now that it’s finally completed, be sure to stop by to see it — before it is removed.
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Tom Harper: Demolition underway at Oldfather Studios; buildings preserve our shared history (Column)
Demolition is underway at Oldfather Studios at Ninth and Avalon in Lawrence. “This building was unique due to the number of people who spent hours in study, experimentation and work in their field, in addition to its interesting midcentury architectural design,” Tom Harper writes in this piece.
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Tom Harper: A mural is born; it’s good to live in Lawrence (Column)
“Last night I had the privilege of watching Dave Loewenstein start his mural on the back side of Cottin’s Hardware with Ardys Ramberg and Missy McCoy,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
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Tom Harper: Painting Naismith Hall is a mistake (Column)
“On one recent run, as I was coming downhill from Mount Oread, I glanced south at Naismith Hall — and noticed a vertical swath of gray paint on the building’s northeast corner,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
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Tom Harper: Open house planned for student-designed Monarch Village project at Lawrence Community Shelter (Column)
An open house for Monarch Village will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Mask up and come take a tour of the latest Studio 804 project that will provide temporary noncongregate housing for many folks who need it.
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Tom Harper: Safe sidewalks are a worthwhile challenge (Column)
Recently I was walking in Old West Lawrence and came across a brick sidewalk renovation. […]
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