I’ve daydreamed at times about how cool it would be having a different job, one that paid you to sample chocolate or watch movies. Having the opportunity to work at Ragtag Cinemacafé, Columbia’s community art house, was a daydream come true. Robin, a bartender, opens the door. Uprise Bakery is the parent company of the […]
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When I was an ROTC student at Mizzou in the early 1950s walking along Rollins Road, I dreaded rainy days. Rollins was a narrow street lined by potholes filled with muddy water, and every passing car would splash dirty slop onto my uniform, which was expensive to clean. “How could a town with an engineering
Once a thriving restaurant where former President Bill Clinton dined, the old Sutton Place at 70 E. Broadway has sat empty for years, as quiet as the cemetery behind the building. Littered with debris and frequented by homeless men looking for a good night’s sleep, the property across from Lifestyles Furniture is an example of
