Hawkeye 77 x 365

Before there was affordable housing on the corner of Highland and McLean, part of the land was farmed by a man called Hawkeye. Whenever we’d see him working among the rows of vegetables we’d holler, in singsong voices, “Hi Hawkeye”. He would then stop working and wave. It never failed.

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Indigo Bunting said…
Was this intersection near railroad tracks? These street names are bringing up mists of memory. However, the year I lived in Elgin, I was in a group house on Highland, a big Victorian.
12/1/06, 2:58 PM
Cedar Waxwing said…
No railroad tracks nearby.

There are lots of big Victorians on Highland though - there used to be on on this property, but that was when I was still in elementary school.

McLean is pretty far west -- farther than most of the Victorians go. You may have been nearer Larkin and Highland - there is a tricky pointy 3-way intersection there. (But still no railroad tracks).

I think there are railroad tracks near Rt. 31. (email me and we'll puzzle it out)
12/1/06, 5:54 PM
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