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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.
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Land and Sea Dept.'s Peter Toalson, who bought a unique, historic mansion in East Garfield Park with the intention of rehabbing and living there, may have to demolish the decaying home in the coming weeks because he was denied home improvement loans due to the high foreclosure rate in the area.

 
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