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As we come along Astor Street, a dog leg adds to the charm of that crooked, narrow street.
Very narrow - have you noticed how many shots I took on a sharp angle? Short of using a fish eye
lens, one has to do this just to be able to back up far enough to get much of a building in. Not
really in keeping with Burnham's vision for the city, but very sensible for our climate. In the
winter, this translates into the wind being blocked; in the summer, when the winds tend to die
down anyway, that narrow street is covered with a "canopy" - the tops of the trees on either
side of the street meet overhead, leaving the harsh summer sun only hinted at by the small
specks of blue sky seen between the leaves. Cool shade for block after block, welcome relief
for the sunstroked hiker. Here, we find ourselves blinking in the inevitable light as we come
to that sudden jump to the right, forcing a break in the canopy, with these two buildings on
either side
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and these buildings just to the right.
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