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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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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127597F
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