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Things made of stone

Las Reliquias (Part 1): Casa de la Corte and the Last Man on Franklin Street

Posted on May 5, 2022 by hometown

Windowless, roofless, doorless, its walls crumbling and shrouded in undergrowth like ancient ruins swallowed by a jungle, it hunkers on a hillside in the shadow—literally—of massive county government buildings under the courthouse bluff. You might call it “Casa de la … Continue reading →

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