This walk took me to the Meadowthorpe neighborhood, the first planned neighborhood in Lexington. This area is historic and it appears well cared for even though homes in the area I walked through this time are modest. I feel that most 1950’s neighborhoods reflect the optimism of the period in which they were built, but it’s underneath a veneer of despair. This neighborhood is different. It still reflects that older 1950’s optimism, but it has retained or modified its optimism. It doesn’t feel dated, as its cohorts do, but instead feels as if it’s adapted its optimism to changing times.