The whole town is torn to pieces, orange traffic cones, cranes and dump trucks everywhere. The messy, dusty chaos precedes an attempt to get the city spruced up for the Pan Am Games next year.
This week, we host World Pride. First time ever in North America. A huge population of decorators and stylists will be among the visitors. For them, an unfinished mess is OK, but we’d better be neat when the jocks arrive.