The sentence needs commas because the participial phrase is essential.
A soothsayer is a person who can see the future (supposedly) another word is Seer, Oracle, Prophet
The verb is walked because it's an action, quickly describes the action that is an adverb so the correct answer is walked
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u didn't give us the article
This should be a writer's opinion
That is because it might differ based on who was talking. Some might disagree that it has become run-down, or some might say that it has become such way before "just recently".
