City traffic engineers say embedding flashing lights in the pavement on Grant Avenue will make a new downtown crosswalk safer for pedestrians.
But Santa Fe’s Historic Design Review Board ruled this week that the lights would detract from the downtown’s historic ambience.
Spreading some horse manure around would really up the historic ambience.
NewMexiKen wonders how many art galleries there were on the Santa Fe Plaza in the days of historic ambience. Let’s outlaw them.
When I lived up there most locals did sort of consider it a sport to see how close you could get to scaring the tourist foot traffic without actually hurting them.
Ah, but the sport doesn’t discriminate. I walk quite a bit as a local, and I’m “almost hit” at least twice a week, though not usually near the Plaza.
The corner of Guadalupe and Paseo de Peralta (the north end) is particularly dangerous. The cemetary seems to be a goal. Hit me there and I can’t be quickly buried, I suppose.