Editorials

A few weeks ago, I thought I was being setup for some kind of hit by two of my most brilliant Barton students, who I'll refer to just as B. and E. We are working on a journal project together and this was the text exchange:
Them: Which of these fonts do you like the least [question emoji and a spreadsheet with Gils Sans, Optima and Avenir listed]
Me: Seems like a trap
Them: Maybe not a trap ... potentially a judge of character ...

I am one who doesn't deal well with good-byes, especially when watching a historic building crumbling down by the claws of an excavator.
The buildings on South Boddie Street (106 and 112) have long sat empty with little maintenance. The building in the center of the two, which is much younger, was purchased by Adam Williams several years ago. Adam brought breath back into the building which housed Nashville's Parks and Recreation for a few years. The older structures were eventually condemned due the owner not complying to bring the structures back up to a safe level.
I don't know how he did it, but Adam found a way to purchase the two structures when others had tried to buy them in the past.