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419 West Vliet Street
As I walked along a quiet stretch of Vliet Street on a recent afternoon, this building caught my eye. I’m not exactly sure why, but it did. I stopped and spent some time, and this is what I saw.
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People on the Street | Linda Banning (Part 1)
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