014: Sinking City 111 / East Side
A tale of two sides - part two. Eastside.
She refused to be shown up by her western sibling, so she piled on 3 extra miles and a heaping helping of humidity. Which, in turn, commanded our humility... we logged a flame-broiled 15 mile morning and put one more in the books.
The Eastside is real, raw. There is there, there. We shared countless hellos, but with many came a shared heaviness. There are challenges apparent, a struggle with everything from water to waste collection, and the omnipresent trial of transition.
We took it all in and then some. Listened to the wisened old-timers, and watched million-dollar multistories filling in the empty blocks. We got a little quiet toward the end. Part reflection, part our brains being good and cooked. But that couldn’t stop the wide smiles as the cheers of the neighborhood kids, who carried us home...
We see you Eastside. All love.
Stats: 9.4 total street miles, 7.7 of which are on historic dry land and 1.7 on artificial fill.
East Side street map
