Gapers Block has ceased publication.

Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
 Thank you for your readership and contributions. 

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For the first time ever, the City is acknowledging the existence of Al Capone on an official sign, marking the historic location of The Metropole and The Lexington hotels, where Scarface was known to hang out.

 
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