Tag Archives: Cambridge MA

Cambridge Under Construction

Posted on 04/30/2025 by paulefallon

I walked to the gym the other day, a pleasant walk of 1-1/2 miles or so along residential streets. I counted eleven houses under renovation. Not just homeowners getting a new furnace, landscaping, or applying coat of paint. Major renovations, … Continue reading →

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Building Our Way to Equity: A Convenient Fallacy

Posted on 05/01/2024 by paulefallon

Over the last dozen years or so, I’ve watched my small, wealthy, city of Cambridge MA grapple with how to create a more resilient and equitable community. How to provide more affordable housing. How to encourage more sustainable transportation. And … Continue reading →

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Tree Owl

Posted on 11/22/2023 by paulefallon

Walking home from the gym on a drizzly day-before-Thanksgiving, a swirl of white attracts my eye, tucked between the vertical 2×4’s bound across most every tree on my ever-under-construction street. Upon closer inspection, it’s an owl’s head, painted on the … Continue reading →

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No Way to Level the Playing Field

Posted on 07/26/2023 by paulefallon

One for the first things an aspiring civil engineer learns how to do when seeking a flat surface upon which to construct a road or a building, is to balance cut and fill. Analyze the topography in three dimensions and … Continue reading →

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The Fallacy of Building Our Way to a More Equitable World

Posted on 05/24/2023 by paulefallon
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Crosswalks of My Mind

Posted on 01/18/2023 by paulefallon

When the city revamped Huron Avenue, they sunk granite curbs level with the pavement to define the crosswalks, an expensive yet elegant bit of urban dressing. On my meditative walks home from the gym, I often find myself tracking the … Continue reading →

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I Dreamed a Dream

Posted on 07/13/2022 by paulefallon

Sunday morning, July 3. Walking to the gym through a deserted city. Seventy degrees. Overcast. Listless. I love summer in the city. The Whole Foods crowd has Tesla’d off to their beaches and mountains. Leaving behind quiet stillness, a smattering … Continue reading →

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Picture Your Mural Here

Posted on 05/11/2022 by paulefallon

At long last, the bike path from Fresh Pond to Watertown is usable. Two years after its scheduled completion date, signs and pylons still declare “Path Closed,” but the surface is paved and striped and many pedestrians and cyclists use … Continue reading →

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Bicycle for Fun…and More!

Posted on 05/04/2022 by paulefallon

It is a glorious April Saturday morning in New England. Sixty degrees: bright sun; cotton candy clouds; light breeze. I hop on my bike to go to the gym and run errands. I travel easily along city streets, many of … Continue reading →

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