On Cowls Street above Third, you notice something odd about the sidewalks. The ancient pavement has street names embossed in the concrete, but they're different from the names of the streets on the signs. Judging from the dates, the sidewalks were laid from 1911 to 1914.
Here, Cowls is labeled "C", and Cedar is about five blocks East of its present location.
It's kind of a cool mystery which would evaporate if I walked down to the Library and asked someone about it.
I like mystery, though.
4 comments:
I love mysteries, too. This post is awesome. :)
Those pictures are great! hah, you're posting again! I think the old sidewalks are very cool.
Especially "Buckeye".
I love these photos and the story. You should make a book. :)
-Nysa
A book would be pretty cool...
rollers, rollers, rollers!
At the Cowell Press by big(ger) project was making a photo book with a story I'd written and photos I'd taken. Printing on the back of the previous photo didn't work because you could see the embossing through the front of the picture. I printed on rice paper, and then glued the rice paper to the backs of the photos with water. Of course, it only took me three years to figure that out... long after I was out of the class. :^)
Philip
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