Hidden History
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Post our morning workout, we headed out for a walking tour of Park Avenue. Park is a glorious shaded street stuffed with miscellaneous retail and on-the-street eateries. It's as close to a lively European street experience as we've seen in our country.
Walking Park
Our host was a local history buff and an art director at a local design studio. The tour was a great big loop that totaled a little over three miles.
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The stories that captured us most were Park Ave's history as a backlot of sorts for the glamorous estates on East Avenue and the hidden history of two local streets (Vick Park A and Vick Park B) that were once the front and back straightaway of a horse racetrack.
Here's a gallery of some of the pleasures.
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Paint and gardens and details galore
All the walking built up a powerful hunger. We swung by Calabresella's on Park, a New York style deli to get a veggie sandwich packed with pickled this-and-thats bound together with tangy mayo. Also an Italian meatwich.
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And our final reward was laying about on the porch discussing Cacoons, Evo, Japan plans, college plans, "when you're ready" and when, whether and why to take statistics.
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