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Cycle Life Challenge Ride #8 & Lots of Empty Lots

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 Beautiful day here for early November -- Best take advantage of it   Diamond Back sporting a new saddle ready to go   Site of the FMC plant which burned  Single speed Schwinns were used to get around the factory floor   Empty lot where a house burned -- melted siding on the garage Site of the John Deere Foundary Recently torn down   Site of a restaurant which burned Empty receiving dock at Silgan Containers Made containers for the canning industry here and elsewhere Introduction of the 2 piece can relegated them to making 'ends' only   Empty lot where a HVAC/sheet metal building once stood Down Town motel undergoing renovation   Narrow lot where a building was removed due to imminent structural failure   Mini Park where a building burned   Interior collapse will eventually produce another empty space here Site of the Western Auto Store Dwight operated for many years He expressed concern back then of a possible collapse It happenewd long after he left   Mini Park at another tea