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Santa Barbara Urban Hike

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COMMENT 134597	2011-01-08 10:26 AM
This is 100% awesome.
COMMENT 134600	2011-01-08 10:34 AM
Haha that's funny. Those are all my friends and I was at that party!! :) Cool :)
MIELEMAI	2011-01-08 10:34 AM
I agree, what a great project. I have lived downtown for a considerable amount of time, and it never ceases to amaze me how many new, wonderful things I see as I walk on streets I have walked on for years. I can't wait to read up more on the walking adventure, and would love to know where the Hollister and 5th marker and the Ambassador tile stairs are located!! So cool!
COMMENT 134605	2011-01-08 10:40 AM
Excellent! I remember my dad taking me for cokes at the old El Camino Pharmacy after a day at butterfly. Elmer made cokes the old-fashioned way.
EDHAT ONLINE	2011-01-08 10:41 AM
Here is an archived Edhat article about Hollister & 4th ... which is a block away from Hollister and 5th.
COMMENT 134612	2011-01-08 11:14 AM
Very Cool
COMMENT 134613P	2011-01-08 11:15 AM
And here is another archived article about Santa Barbara street names.
COMMENT 134617	2011-01-08 11:29 AM
This is awesome, are you allowed to drive up to areas and then walk them, or only start walking from your house? It looks like in very NW corner of your map you have walked the neighborhoods around Bishop Diego HS, but while you were over there you neglected the tiny cull-de-sac of "Otono," which is officially in the City.
COMMENT 134619	2011-01-08 11:34 AM
When we had our first pair of dogs we would drive to different parts of the city, as well as Goleta and Montecito. We would wake 2-4 miles and highlight the route on our map. Used a pedometer too. Good times.
COMMENT 134620	2011-01-08 11:34 AM
Keep posting photos of interesting stuff that can be seen, from the public roadways of course!
COMMENT 134625P	2011-01-08 11:42 AM
Great! I look forward to reading about your travels. It gives me impetus to do similarly, as a way to explore and to get in shape.
COMMENT 134633	2011-01-08 12:13 PM
everybody should do this. before long this town will be full of locals walking all over. that would be cool, meet new people, see new neighbourhoods. i'm getting the missus on this....be healthy, be outside, can't see a downside... thanks for the inspiration op.
COMMENT 134638P	2011-01-08 12:29 PM
Please post your route so everyone can join Great exercise with a goal
COMMENT 134639	2011-01-08 12:35 PM
This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing with us on EdHat.
KDEF	2011-01-08 02:27 PM
The history of the streets of Santa Barbra is of great interest. I, as I am sure many Edhat readers, commend your efforts and look forward to further Edhat postings or to a book. Have you been in contact with Neal Graffy? He has been studying the history of Santa Barbara street names for years. I am sure you know his booklet "Street Names of Santa Barbara". Another source is a booklet distributed by the County Bank and Trust in the 1940's. The Gledhill Library at the Historical Museum has a copy. City Directories are also useful especially as to street name changes.
COMMENT 134658	2011-01-08 02:58 PM
Kudos, great adventure. When I first moved to Santa Barbara in 1990, I lived in San Roque and worked at City Hall. My friend Martha and I walked many times to work and also to the events at Oak Park etc. It was so interesting to learn about the City that way. We also did many walks at lunch to the parks and along the beaches and harbor. If we had not done that I don't think I would have loved the area as much as I do now.
COMMENT 134663	2011-01-08 03:56 PM
I am a writer and publisher, and am always looking for interesting ideas to write about and potentially publish (as articles or books). If these women would be interested in talking to me, please post a comment saying so, and can send the edhat webmaster contact information for you. I will keep an eye on posts here.
COMMENT 134665	2011-01-08 04:08 PM
Quinto/Hollister = Fifth Street and the old cross town throughway which is now De La Vina, before State Street opened up and used to be a cul de sac marking the end of the city end at Constance.
COMMENT 134667	2011-01-08 04:16 PM
663, you are a writer and publisher? Stacey and Peter are women?
COMMENT 134668P	2011-01-08 04:19 PM
663 "writer-publisher...if you read the story carefully you'll know that is is a man and woman doing the walking. Not "these women." Glad you don't proof read for me!
SMARTYPANTS	2011-01-08 04:23 PM
I've been "yard-saleing" for years in town and feel like I've seen at least 50 percent of our lovely berg. However, my carbon footprint pleads guilty due to the driving aspect. Bravo to the brave soles (souls) who are taking on this marvelous challenge!
COMMENT 134675P	2011-01-08 04:52 PM
I think that Stacey and Peter are already being published on Edhat. I think.
PATRICK	2011-01-08 05:42 PM
I agree with Lemonjelly - 100% awesome.
COMMENT 134683P	2011-01-08 05:53 PM
That means my vote of 100%, makes this 300% awesome. Thanks so much for sharing your story with us! What were your thoughts of the Primavera/Verano/Rosario/Consuelo neighborhood? ;-)
COMMENT 134665	2011-01-08 06:20 PM
Walking precincts for local elections gets you out and about with both delights and disgust at some of the yards. Some places on the Mesa look like little Appalachia with junk cars, weeds and trash. I was shocked because this is not known as a bad part of town. Seems rental properties are the biggest blight and probably out of town landlords. But one also sees remarkable do-overs for formerly dreary track homes in this area too. It is a world of its own up on the Mesa.
COMMENT 134694P	2011-01-08 06:39 PM
What a wonderful idea! Another great resource for researching streets is the Santa Barbara City Fire Dept.(they have very detailed maps in all aparatus) Your very cool "project" brings back fun and painful memories. As a rookie FF 25 years ago, we were required to learn every street in Santa Barbara by definition and location...at that time well over 700....whew, good luck, and keep on walkin'!
COMMENT 134697	2011-01-08 07:06 PM
This is such a cool idea. I was just thinking the other week that, despite having grown up here and lived most of my adult life here, too....there are still areas I've not been in. This is inspiring to get out there and walk more streets. Er, you know what I mean.
COMMENT 134694P	2011-01-08 07:38 PM
Have you been to Hubba Hubba Lane yet?...don't laugh, it's there, along with Curley Ave. and my favorite street with the impossibly long name, Calle Boca Del Canon and the almost non-street, Via Senda... what fun!
COMMENT 134771	2011-01-09 10:58 AM
Bravo! Wonderful and ambitious - I'm so glad you're sharing with us!
COMMENT 134923	2011-01-09 06:54 PM
From a pedestrian's point of view, let us know how you think the bulbouts work.
COMMENT 135320	2011-01-11 07:07 AM
WOW, that is so very cool and ambitious. What a great prospective from the usual driving mentality. Look forward to more posts and photos. Thanks for sharing!

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