I don’t know what precisely qualifies as a “riverwalk”, but Sacramento has a boardwalk along the riverfront in the Old Sacramento district, as well as a more traditional paved walkway south of the historic district.
Providence RI replaced the world’s widest bridge with riverwalks, and periodically sets the river on fire…
Detroit has been the butt of jokes about urban decay and resident flight for a long time, but I suspect as people in the South and Southwest are more and more impacted by climate change, Detroit is going to seem like a more favorable haven. And despite the decay, there is a lot to be said for Detroit; it’s one one large lake and adjacent to two of the Great Lakes, at has a lot of great architecture from the ‘Twenties and ‘Thirties, is making efforts at revitalization, and proximity to Ann Arbor and University of Michigan. If the city plays its cards right and minimizes the endemic corruption it can be the next Pittsburg, Columbus, or Indianapolis that attracts technology industries and educated professionals looking for less expensive residential property and good career opportunities. Of course, that comes with the problems of gentrification, real estate booms, and traffic beyond what the infrastructure was designed for, but I’d put my money on Detroit long before I would consider New Orleans or anywhere in Florida.
But you don’t get the thrill of staggering out of The Safe House and suddenly seeing an imposing figure threatening you harm, and then punching it full in the face only to end up in the emergency room. (No, this did not happen to me or anyone I know but it is a pernicious urban legend that I would like to believe is rooted in some truth because it is just too good to be made up.)
Stranger
Where is the bronze Fonz?
Milwaukee.
Greenville, South Carolina has a nice one that rather resembles San Antonio’s.
Ouch!
Last time I was in Detroit, I took in a ball game at Briggs Field.
On the riverwalk
Chicago, for one.
Narrator: ”It wasn’t.”
Stranger
True, although at present the infrastructure is built for 2-3 times the traffic is currently have which made my most recent bike trip through the city delightful rather than terrifying.
Detroit was a world class city at that time. The undisbuted leader in automotive design and manufacturing.
They’re just ripping off Cleveland, fifty years later.
A Fistful of Yen, anyone?
It’s taken a while, but that Delta City project has finally shown some progress.
There’s even a riverwalk in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Stranger