About Town - February 28, 2021
This week's photos of Columbia (Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) These are the hands of the workman who operated the control unit that guided the trailer that held the transformer that rolled through town on Friday. There's more information, photos and videos on the spectacle at the end of this post. Someone is dungin' out, out at the Visitors Center. Here's a good man at work. The lamp at the Von Hess building on Bank Avenue is now chained to the front wall. And in case anyone's wondering where we are ^^^ Dropped scarf on North 4th Yes he is. Vigilant, that is. A fierce feral on South Second According to a lifelong Columbian, the witch hazel plants on the right were planted in memory of Fred Abendschein for his service to Columbia. His obit is HERE . This plaque was recently installed at the Shannon Armory (named after General Edward C. Shannon) on the 200 block of Walnut Street. Here's a look at the armory. And here's the general's...