By Barry Owens
There are few sidewalks in this city as broad and empty as the one along Douglas Avenue just across from East High School.
It does bristle, but only briefly, with students after the 3 O’clock bell. The music stores on the corners vibrate with customers, heard but unseen. The FedEx driver will stop and disappear inside a door or two with his dolly. Other times of day it is possible to traverse the wide walk from Grove to the Canal Route and not see another face along the way but the one reflecting back at you from an empty storefront.
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