A series of entries designed to capture the ongoing adventures of NINA! See how we came to be where we are today, and follow along as we enter the new century of social media!
Page: 16Another night, another walkabout – this time on Fraser Place, Spring Street, Edwards Street, Myrtle Street, and Spruce Street, basically the area between Union Station and Liam McGee Park. These streets collectively comprise the upward slope of the Hill, and I was surprised to discover how cohesively they fit together as a district within the neighborhood. Union Station, by the way, is a lot like Saint Francis Hospital: awash in light.
Tonight: 50 lights, two out. Also, the sky was a lovely shade of indigo.
Ashley Street, like Sargeant Street, benefits from decorative streetlights between Garden and Huntington Streets, but unlike Sargeant Street, on Ashley Street the decorative streetlights double, not triple, the number of streetlights. Ambient light was again a factor to take into account, especially between Atwood and Woodland – the Saint Francis Hospital campus produces an enormous amount of light. And here’s a note that I should’ve already considered: porch lights make a huge difference!
I took a walk up and back on Sargeant Street this evening. Out of 57 streetlights, there was one that was out. It made surprisingly little difference, probably because of its location at the Veeder Place parking lot. This makes me think that we should consider ambient light as well as direct lighting as we move forward with our analysis of crime data. This evening, this would also apply to lighting at intersections, lighting at commercial buildings, and lighting from inside Sigourney Square Park.
Also, Sargeant Street between Huntington Street and Garden Street benefits from an extra set of decorative streetlights that were installed on both sides of the street. These double the number of lights on the north side, and they add lighting on the south side of the street that isn’t present west of Huntington Street. Past Huntington Street, there are only standard cobrahead lights along the north side of the street, and it’s almost startingly how quickly I noticed the difference in both directions.
In a couple of the photos, you can see the lighted cross atop the Cathedral of Saint Joseph.
Heading home for lunch, I passed by 66 Forest Street.
I started my nighttime survey of streetlights this evening as I walked home along Garden Street. Winter will be the best time to do this, of course, as I can head home at a normal hour and it’ll already by dark.
Stan Guzek dropped by to take some photos for us – this is the first time we’ve seen him since the pandemic began.
I dropped by 80 Hawthorn today and was very pleased to see that our new trash and recycling carts had arrived. We apparently got very lucky that we put in our request for them when we did: word on the street is that these carts are in increasingly short supply because of national supply chain issues. These carts are for both 80 and 82 Hawthorn.
