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supposedly to add realism, they are going to hire a guy to ring the bells at odd times of the day and yell "sanctuary, sanctuary." sorry, couldn't resist.

I went over to look at these today. The winner is kind of cool if you see it up close. The bells will reflect in the pool below, which looks like it will connect into the rest of the water park. However, the second place winner had a cool sundial feature....

aha, the truth comes out

Both are wrong. Travelers Rest has put a dam across the river when no one was looking.

Didn't the G-Journal say a few weeks ago that Boyd was planning on redoing plans for the entire block? I think the plans to redo the Bank of America parking lot will be scrapped and put into a new development.

brilliant

I noticed that yesterday as well. I called Greenville Cares so maybe they will fix it soon.

The News building has some significance to greenville's past. It is a perfect example of the urban withdrawl the city went through in the late 1960s as vintage buildings were torn down and "modern" buildings were erected. It's a monument to bad thinking, and should serve as a warning sign that says "hey Greenville, don't screw up any more." maybe that can be the news' new slogan

This is a little bit different happening, but something worth mentioning. The Upstate Hash House Harriers will be holding a Cinco de Mayo run on well, um, May 5. Starts at 6 p.m. behind Don Pablo's.

Something going on in West End tonight...baseball game or something...not quite sure. Also Charles Townes statue unveiling is this weekend....

Their site looks interesting. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip.

You might want to try Bangkok Thai on Pelham Road. I prefer it to Lemongrass, which is very, very good. Bangkok has a bigger menu, a cool atmosphere (they have a section where you sit on the floor) and the food is really good. Also, try the Thai place on Augusta/Mauldin Road. I think it is Royal Thai. They have the best yellow curry in the Upstate, but everything else is somewhat average.

The building looks GREAT. Greenville owes you and husband a debt of service.

That is interesting. When you say elaborate, do you mean like glass towers, and geometric shapes instead of the red brick?

The city hopes to do something with its corner or at least it had wanted to put something at the stone plaza. I remember the idea of somekind of mixed use that resembled old City Hall tower. The accursed parking lot used to have buildings on it. I remember a story that the foundations got cracked by dynamite explosions from another construction project. They had to tear the buildings down. The family who owned the lot got mad about this and that is why nothing has been built ever since. As for the G-News, that is just a very ugly building. It replaced an ugly building too. My bet, is that one day another ugly building will go on the site. Which leads to a question, do you think the Peace family gave the money for the Peace Center and wanted it to look so nice because they felt bad for sticking the News building on the good people of Greenville?