![]() Since then, Sprague has undergone a massive transformation from orchards and townships with booster names like “Opportunity” to an exhaust-belching thoroughfare to a serial killer’s hunting grounds and the butt of our jokes. Like plenty in Spokane’s history, Sprague’s name was an attempt to lure the affection of others, a nod to a Northern Pacific executive who we hoped would run the railroad through town. ![]() It’s a place for lifers and the just-passing-throughs. ![]() In the shadow of Interstate 90, Sprague connects us from east to west and divides our north and south. It spends the day suspended over the lavish Davenport Hotel and the bustling bus plaza, little houses and dark dive bars, strip malls and the Deja Vu. The sun rises over the Liberty Lake Golf Course and sets over the Airway Heights Corrections Center. ![]() Look at it just right, and the whole story of Spokane is along Sprague Avenue. ![]()
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