Tag: legacy

Building tied to Rockford’s industrial legacy has become an eyesore

What was home to a successful Rockford seed and plant distributor more than 100 years ago and then to a bustling industrial business, is now a symbol of urban decay at 620 Buckbee St. Most of the remaining windows of the five-story industrial building are shattered. Other doors and windows are boarded up. People appear […]

Trump hush money trial to shape prosecutor Alvin Bragg’s legacy

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alvin Bragg says he decided to become a lawyer after guns were pulled on him six times while growing up in New York – three of those times by police. A quarter-century after graduating from Harvard Law School, the Manhattan district attorney’s legacy is set to be defined […]

A divisive legacy lingers as I-35 expands

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Interstate 35 has been one of the most important transportation topics in Austin for decades. But the focus on traffic relief also comes with a clouded history of displacement and segregation, as this major thoroughfare cut right through the heart of the city and its vibrant communities. As the Texas Department of […]