The Coconut Grove cottage where Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote “The Everglades: River of Grass” — the book that would change America’s perception of the Everglades and make her Florida’s most famous environmentalist — has been slowly decaying since her death there in 1998. Talk of restoring it and opening it to the public remained in […]
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Biden revisits decaying Wisconsin bridge to announce $5B for infrastructure in election year pitch
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time President Joe Biden visited Superior, Wisconsin, he warned of the danger posed by the deteriorating John A. Blatnik Memorial Bridge — pointing out the decades-old corrosion that had weakened the overpass connecting the two port cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota and vowing to fix it. Biden is returning to […]
Decaying Pillsbury mill in Illinois that once churned flour into opportunity is now getting new life
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield’s northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond’s hand. The stray had found its way to the top of the behemoth Pillsbury Mills, for decades a flour-churning engine of the central Illinois city’s economy but now vacant more than 20 […]
Decaying Pillsbury mill in Illinois that once churned flour into opportunity is now getting new life
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield’s northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond’s hand. The stray had found its way to the top of the behemoth Pillsbury Mills, for decades a flour-churning engine of the central Illinois city’s economy but now vacant more than 20 […]