Remember Granny? Rose McDonald was a beloved figure among Gainesville’s downtown street person community. Everybody seemed to know and like…
The artists behind the murals
When COVID came to town and the lockdown began in earnest, Seck37 picked up his paints and went to work…
Henry Flagler’s quickie divorce
Henry Flagler reinvented Florida long before Walt Disney reinvented Florida. Flagler came south in the waning years of the 19th…
Tunnel Vision Zero
Like Fox Mulder, I want to believe. I want to believe that my city is serious about eliminating traffic deaths…
So Terry Fleming…so GNV
One year ago today, Terry Fleming, everybody’s favorite Gainesville activist, died suddenly. The city has declared today Terry Fleming Day…a…
Gov. Ron’s legacy thing
Every Florida governor aspires to the legacy thing. Leroy Collins steered Florida out of segregation with little of the turmoil…
Mirrors and hammers
And while we’re on the subject of The Harn. I went there on Sunday to review it’s latest acquisition, the…
The Harn discovers Florida
On a rainy Sunday afternoon crowds flocked to UF’s Harn to catch the art museum’s latest….um…catch. And it’s a big…
Yes, it’s a big deal
So they are building a new hotel in Gainesville. What’s the big deal? Well, let us count the ways. It’s…
Redemption for Sweetwater Branch
In a city of creeks, Sweetwater Branch is our most abused. We have ditched, diverted, buried and polluted it inch…
