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She started off in the '70s writing about rock 'n' roll for Rolling Stone and especially for the Boston Phoenix . At the time, the Phoenix and the now-defunct Real Paper were at the epicenter of alternative journalism--a training ground for critics and reporters who would graduate to big city dailies and the slicks.
This statement would have been ludicrous anyplace but was especially laughable in Caroline County--and in the Lovings' hometown of Central Point, which had been an epicenter of race mixing for at least 200 years.
This strip was once the epicenter of hip Hollywood counterculture, but in recent years has become more of a strolling street for young tourists from around the world.
Unfortunately, the basilica was the region’s one structure that suffered the most damage during the earthquakes of 1997, whose epicenter was located just outside of Assisi.
East from the square, Calle Heredia is the epicenter of Santiago culture and tourism.