Why did Zufan lose this location (14th and Jefferson) for her popular restaurant Mesob (she relocated to Little Saigon and changed her restaurant’s name to Shewaber): “They are going to build town houses! Four town houses…”

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The part of me that loves density supports the development; but the part of me that loves small businesses and city walks on sunny days like today feels that urban richness should not continually be sacrificed for development.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...