At lunch, Tim, Peter, and I took a meandering stroll downtown, eventually arriving at the Press Box Grill. On the way back, we took a similarly circuitous route. Tim pointed out — and we all agreed — that the sidewalks downtown are much (much) smaller than in most big cities. Rarely can you walk three abreast, and sometimes, two is a struggle. It seemed — to us, anyway — that is a hurdle to active street life. (Also: lack of people, but that’s a different discussion, and more easily rectified.) So what is to be done? You can’t really make the streets smaller, and making buildings thinner is more like a job for the CGI technicians behind Dark City. And, I guess beyond that, do you agree?
(If you find this post to be hogwash, please direct your commentary to: Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Madison, NJ 07940 or visit www.robitussin.com.)
(Also, deeply aware that someone else has already written about this subject. Call me on it, and I’ll update this post with the link.)
