Relatively narrow streets in the older neighborhood, especially along Chiles and Breathitt, provide a contrast with streets within the nearby mobile home park. Both are generally focused toward the street, that is, they seem to indicate a strong connection between the individual homes and the common areas. This path passes behind Cove Haven Cemetery. There aren’t sidewalks on this portion of Price, but traffic was light enough and there was plenty of space, so walking here doesn’t seem overwhelmingly dangerous. Price creates an odd, tenuous connection between Georgetown Road and Main Street. I think that there are more than a few people who are mystified that the Lorillard Lofts (located on Price not far from here) were not more highly desired. When leftover units went to auction in May, the Herald-Leader referred to an earlier quote by the developer who indicated that a similar property would be very desirable in a larger city, but I think this neglects the point of “urban living,” which isn’t just nominal proximity to downtown. It has to have access as well. Lofts in bigger cities, besides having a more substantial downtown core to access, almost certainly have better transportation alternatives. Price just doesn’t provide that.
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Day 100-Walk and talk
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I had hoped that my 100th walk would be loaded with interesting things and valuable insights, but it didn’t exactly work out that way. While there were lots of signs of both economic trouble (vacant buildings) there were also signs of investment (construction projects, institutions that were doing fine). There were a lot of people out today, very much in line with other heavily African-American neighborhoods in the city which in general feel more outwardly more social.