Antiques Roadkill (2006)
“Behind the seventies-era structure sat a new state-of-the-art county jail, aping the bland redbrick design of its safeguarding neighbor.
To the casual passerby, the jail might seem a law office or a medical clinic, the grounds tastefully landscaped, the premises lacking any barbed wire or electrical fence. The only “tell” as to its true purpose was the row of tiny, too-high barred windows on the second floor, where the prisoners were housed.
Kitty-corner to the jail stood Serenity’s grand old c...ourthouse, a breathtakingly beautiful white wedding cake of sandstone and marble. Every couple of years or so, the folks working inside this noble Grecian structure would start grumbling for an ignoble modern facility, because they were hot or crowded or whatever. Mother would hear about a circulating petition for such and scream, “Over my dead body will that courthouse be torn down!” and fly into action, gathering her historical conservation troops and descending on city council meetings like a barbarian horde in support hose.MoreLess
To the casual passerby, the jail might seem a law office or a medical clinic, the grounds tastefully landscaped, the premises lacking any barbed wire or electrical fence. The only “tell” as to its true purpose was the row of tiny, too-high barred windows on the second floor, where the prisoners were housed.
Kitty-corner to the jail stood Serenity’s grand old c...ourthouse, a breathtakingly beautiful white wedding cake of sandstone and marble. Every couple of years or so, the folks working inside this noble Grecian structure would start grumbling for an ignoble modern facility, because they were hot or crowded or whatever. Mother would hear about a circulating petition for such and scream, “Over my dead body will that courthouse be torn down!” and fly into action, gathering her historical conservation troops and descending on city council meetings like a barbarian horde in support hose.MoreLess
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