Today I returned to the Rookwood area that I first visited on Day 7 although this area appears to be slightly newer, with ranch and “two-story” ranch houses from the late 1960’s.  This section also feels perhaps a bit more stable.  Though the houses are modest, the yards are large and all in all, both homes and yards feel well cared for.  While in some neighborhoods this age, you might see crumbling concrete and asphalt or siding in need of painting, there is none of that here and some places have had nice exterior upgrades.

One feature of houses of this vintage tickles me.  These houses date from the early part of the attached garage era.  Some houses have them and some don’t.  It always seems that at least a few homes from this period have attached garages that have been converted into living space, often resulting in a driveway that leads right up to, say, a bay window.  At any rate, this area is no exception, and there were two or three converted garages.

This area also features what at a glance appears to be a park, located on the southern corner near New Circle Road.  Property records show that this area has been subdivided but list the owner as the city/county government.  Behind this is dense vegetation, apparently right-of-way for power lines, possibly with some drainage function interrelated to the overgrown culverts I saw on the other side in July.

What works: Something is keeping this neighborhood stable.

What doesn’t: These streets are tantalizingly close to connecting to nearby Kenawood park.  Proximity to parks is good or bad depending on who you ask, but I wish they’d been designed with the extra connection.