Square meal

EVEN the prettiest town square can look dull after business has ended for the day.

A busy, vital focal point during working hours, most town squares, like Darby and Joan, have nothing to do but look in on themselves, drained and silent, when the shutters slide down at sunset.

So many city and town business quarters are dead zones during the evening, uninviting places missing the irreplaceable heartbeat of happy people ready to enjoy themselves.