Day 4,504—Ozark Theater—
Start time: 5:24 a.m. Weather: Low 70s wind 1.6 mi/h, Humidity 93% It was drizzling when I went outside. There was also lightning in the background and occasional thunder. I put together this route as I ran, planning to run down Lockwood to Edgar and then go home. I felt cool and relaxed in the rain, thinking how this felt ideal, and it was the nicest morning in a week. I took in every street corner and the combination of lights reflected in the water and scattered across the storefronts. My headlamp was going out, but I decided that shouldn’t matter that much this morning since the sun would be out soon. I went by the Ozark Theater because it has been in the news recently, first in the Kirkwood / Webster Times and then today it was in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The guy who owns it, with the intention of flipping it, was slapped with a condemnation notice from the city. The owner is saying no one lives there and that the city is pressuring him to destr...
