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This route took me past some apartment and condo complexes, but also the headquarters of Ashland Oil. As if passing a business part and residential area weren’t enough, I was also treated to the smell of fresh cut grass courtesy of a tractor mowing just south of Yorkshire Boulevard.

The impressive thing about the residential parts of this area is that it hits a golden zone in terms of how building height, street width and landscaping create a sense of human scale. It’s difficult to capture in photos, but the feel, in the residential areas, is that this is just right. I also like the stairs up into a common area shared by several townhomes. This seems like an appropriate way to separate public and semi-private spaces (if done right) and it lends a little intrigue as well. (You may have noticed I like this sort of thing!) I wish that developers would spend more effort on aspects of construction like these, which are easy to overlook but critical to creating a comfortable place.