Sunday, January 09, 2005

Wasteland

At first glance, the bronze commemorative marker could be mistaken for an oversized sewer lid. The monument is set in the sidewalk at 2635 Locust St. near Jefferson. This place, an area west of downtown is a "wasteland" of parking lots and shuttered businesses. Once, however, it was the boyhood home of poet T.S. Eliot.