Published on June 22, 2009

Greg Pelligreen of Lawrence jams with fellow Lawrence musicians at the Lawrence Amtrack station Saturday night. Musicians palyed from 11:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., greeting an arriving train and its passengers. While some local musicians hope to turn the depot, located at New York and 7th streets, into a popular hangout for buskers and performers, a civic group called Depot Redux is hoping to convince Amtrack to turn possession of the depot over to the city and apply for federal funds to restore the station.

Published on June 22, 2009

Lauralyn Bodie of Lawrence jams with fellow Lawrence musicians at the Lawrence Amtrack station Saturday night. Musicians palyed from 11:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., greeting an arriving train and its passengers. While some local musicians hope to turn the depot, located at New York and 7th streets, into a popular hangout for buskers and performers, a civic group called Depot Redux is hoping to convince Amtrack to turn possession of the depot over to the city and apply for federal funds to restore the station.

Published on June 22, 2009

Amtrack conductor Rich Zaban checks his watch in prepaation for departure Saturday night as Scott McLewing of Kansas City plays a fiddle tune with other local musicians outside the train depot at New York and 7th streets. A civic group called Depot Redux is hoping to convince Amtrack to turn possession of the depot over to the city and apply for federal funds to restore the station.

Published on June 22, 2009

Lawrence Mayor Robert Chestnut, seen here at a meeting of the Lawrence City Commission in June, said that a primary goal for the city is to retain more University graduates to contribute to the city's economic and social growth.

Published on June 22, 2009

A homeless man sleeps outside the Replay Lounge the morning of June 19. Since the Salvation Army ceased providing emergency shelter to the city's homeless in April, the Lawrence Community Shelter has been housing 73 men and women each night, vastly exceeding its normal limit of 31, which itself is technically over capacity for the facility. While city administrators try to find a way to fund a solution, downtown merchants are complaining that the increased number of panhandlers on Mass Street are hurting customer sales.

Published on June 22, 2009