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We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d
We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d

We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d

Date2/8/1978
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Andrew Dowler, Glad you use dial, For people who want something for nothing, we let our fingers do the walkin' and came up with these essential telephone numbers.
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