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There’s a lot of talk these days about the state of DOWNTOWN SPOKANE. The visible homelessness. The vacant office space. Well, we’ve been talking about it for a while. In November 1993, we looked at West First Avenue. “Five years from now, drugs and sex no longer will be sold,” we wrote. “If ambitious plans for the district materialize… residents will feel safe again.” That’s just what happened, at least on this stretch of town. Now it’s home to a variety of trendy shops and restaurants, connecting downtown to Browne’s Addition.
1994
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