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ished Winslow’s mom-and-pop tax base. The         corner, and no reference is made to decades of
            Standin’ on the Corner park, complete with        debate about whether the Eagles were com-
            flatbed Ford, was conceived as a revitalization   posers of a great American songbook or pur-
            effort, and almost 25 years after it opened,      veyors of common suburban pap. There’s no
            visitors make a steady pilgrimage to the cor-     need to slow down to take a look at anyone be-
            ner of Second Street (the old Route 66) and       cause the speed limit on Second Street is 15
            Kinsley Avenue. Some tourist-related busi-        mph.
            nesses hoping for collateral profit have            “It’s really put them on the map,” Kevin said
            popped up nearby. The recordings of Glenn         of the monument. “We were discussing other
            Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and others play       songs or artists that have done that for other
            without a break from speakers placed near the     cities. We were trying to figure out what


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