The Weak and the Wounded: Film Explores and Embraces Asylum’s Dark Past

With the Halloween season in full swing, I find myself spending late evening hours watching creepy movies in the dark. One of my absolute favorites is the psychological horror film “Session 9,” a cult favorite filmed in 2000 at the now demolished 500 acre Danvers State Hospital site near Boston. When it still stood, the Danvers…

McDonald’s Infiltrates Historic Savannah

For the last two years, we knew it was coming. It just was put off for so long it still came as a shock to see the work begin on this historic building at the corner of Broughton and Jefferson Streets. Yesterday as I walked from the parking garage to work, my eyes were immediately…

They really couldn’t find a better place for this?

Is there no better way to add some character to your historic site than to place a garish, tacky speed gauge sign right in front of it? I honestly do not understand why the City of Bowie would add one of these cheap looking signs, that light up and flash your mph as you approach…