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Some of the things I saw Sunday during a five-mile run downtown:

1. The classy new facade of the South Elm Street business Thousands O' Prints that was remade as a downtown promotion.
2. Continuing construction on the innards of the old central library on Greene Street as it's transformed into the Elon Law School.
3. A man foraging for cans in a city trash bin on Davie Street.
4. A trio of young men having coffee at a sidewalk table in front of a South Elm Street cafe.
5. Downtown Greensboro Inc. workers cleaning a sidewalk with a pressure washer.
6. Afternoon customers trickling into the Cafe Europa.
7. A neverending Norfolk Southern freight train as it rumbles past the Depot.
8. A lady resting on the rail of the Eugene Street overpass who smiles as I jog by and says, "Oh, I wish I could do that." (On some days, so do I.)
9. The trickling water of Milton Kern's "water feature" in an alley on South Elm.
10. Those nifty "Walk/Don't Walk" signs that count down the seconds to safely cross the street (a godsend to joggers and walkers alike).
11. An older couple walking hand in hand.
12. Motorists dutifully yielding for West Market Street Methodist churchgoers as they exit from Sunday service.
13. A billboard for bail bonds on Eugene Street that features a pair of hands clasping bars and the friendly message: "Hablamos espanol."