When I was at the downtown library this afternoon, I glanced at the display by the front counter, and noticed a book called "The Busiest Street in Town." It turned out to be a children's picture book about reclaiming streets for people.
The book is about two elderly ladies who get tired of the noise on Rushmore Boulevard, where they live. So they bake some ginger snaps, bring lawn chairs and a parcheesi set, and persuade the neighbors to stop and smell the honeysuckle and listen to a mariachi band. By the end of the book, the street is a peaceful and pleasant oasis, and its name is now Walker Street. The Amazon page for the book is at: http://www.amazon.com/Busiest-Street-Town-Mara-Rockliff/dp/0375840206/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262998344&sr=8-1; it might be a nice gift for any budding livable-streets activists among our friends and families. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
