Some pictures from this morning's bike ride, at the new(ish) downtown harbor. It's an un-stitched series of panorama shots, rotating to the right, so kind of let your eyes roll through things and let your mind stitch the overall scene back together.
The interesting part is that ten years ago this was a desolate patch of hurricane-demolished beach bluff. The comeback is remarkable. Some of the success is due to the city, state, and federal aid poured into restoring the bluff and the roads, but the real success story is that it's now a thriving commercial and entertainment district. The secret is simple: for all of the easy car access, it's all walkable too. Step off your boat and your bank, shopping, arts district, restaurant, bar, and live entertainment are all right there. Amazing how well this works out. If you want to understand the driving principles behind this, there's no better place than the book Suburban Nation. (hint: that's the Big Idea hidden in this post)
Also, lest you think this is some boring post devoid of true outside activity, here's a shot from atop the Bay bridge shown in the second and third pictures above:
It's pretty good around here when it's not pounding down rain.
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