I spent the weekend in Washington, DC. I have many photos and things to share, but this photo was the most exciting thing about DC for me (yes, I’ve stated it before, I’m a big geek). That’s a 63...
Category - Pedestrians
Jef Nickerson55 Days
So the first substantial snowfall of the year was December 19th, fifty-five days ago. Pretty much ever since then there has been snow and ice on this sidewalk on Atwells outside the Atwells Mini Mart and the (now, and...
Can you tell what is missing from this photo?
Shoveled sidewalk? Close. No sidewalk at all? Bingo! This is outside the Old Public Safety Building Memorial Parking LotTM in LaSalle Square. You have a Jersey Barrier with cars parked right up against the inside of the...
Sidewalk rant: Reader submitted edition
Mid-90s vintage Providence photo by Jef Nickerson Bob Vennerbeck wrote to us to share his vintage 1993 sidewalk rant. Actually it’s more of a short story. Bob sent this to the Journal back on February 22, 1993;...
Guest PostSidewalk rant: Day 3, too little too late edition
This morning city workers were throwing a sand and salt mix on top of the 10 inches of ice on the Atwells Avenue overpass sidewalks. Seriously? Many sidewalks Downcity were dry this morning, the Hilton and the Dunk...
Sidewalk rant: Day 2
Atwells Avenue Bridge over Route 95 this afternoon:
Sorry for the blurriness, I was running out of light.
Washington Bridge bike/pedestrian path to re-open soon?
Photo by Jef Nickerson Buried in a ProJo article about the new Iway ramp opening is this little nugget. In the coming weeks, the narrow catwalk on the [Washington] bridge, which connected India Point Park to the East...
Los Scramb-geles
Back in August I posted about pedestrian scrambles. A pedestrian scramble is an intersection where all the lights turn red and pedestrians are allowed to cross in all directions, including diagonally. Now, StreetFilms...
Pedestrian Scramble
Memorial Boulevard at College/Westminster Streets
I was reading about
