Erie PA

By David Chernicky, Guest Contributor. From his forthcoming book, Justice for Christina: A Cold Case in My Hometown. For most people, cemeteries are peaceful, solemn places that families periodically visit to pay homage to a loved one, relative, or friend. My memory of visits to the graves of grandparents and other relatives dates back to my…

Out with the old; make way for the new. That was the theme for many years here in Erie County, Pennsylvania, as time-honored buildings were torn down and replaced with contemporary structures.  The 12-story, 1913 Lawrence Hotel, in front of which John F. Kennedy once spoke, fell in 1968 for a stark, angular structure that has…