2014-12-31

*** Sidewalk Yearend! ***

Sidewalk Rating: Greatest Of All Time

A city sidewalk by itself is nothing. It is an abstraction. It means something only in conjunction with the buildings and other uses that border it, or border other sidewalks very near it. The same might be said of streets, in the sense that they serve other purposes besides carrying wheeled traffic in their middles. Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of a city, are its most vital organs.





[A well shoveled sidewalk in Saint Paul's Mac-Groveland neighborhood.]


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That's illegal," she yells, and wags a finger toward the driver, who doesn't notice McArdle, or her admonishment. "Oh, that was scary," she says, and pats her chest.
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http://thomaslowrysghost.tumblr.com/post/105656588538/you-have-a-wonderful-city-often-as-i-have-been

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https://twitter.com/perfectIytimed/status/541721712090312704



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