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Old postcard shows a more inviting, prettier Burkesville Street A view toward town on Burkesville Street, Columbia was a much cooler, much more inviting scene in an old postcard picture we've linked to below. Beautiful shade trees lined the street then. There are no cars parked on the shoulders in the old photograph, but some remember that could be done. It was a better day for pedestrians then, too, when the trees, parked cars, and slower traffic could give them protection from the speeding traffic when they walked to and from town. As well, the shade hid the ugliness of the the utility lines on Burkesville Street. And the trees, coupled with narrower blacktop, slowed run-off which, in turn, improved the capacity of the city's storm sewers and creeks to handle downpours without flooding. There's no date on the card, but the light fixtures, and old car, and the frame church building on the left in the photo would indicate that it is 70-85 years ago, maybe sometime in the 1920s or 1930s. Doug McCammish of Columbia first sent the link to the photograph. That was several months ago. Since then, we've tried to get permission to post it on ColumbiaMagazine.com, but without success. Since several others have since suggested seeing the post card here, we are posting the link: Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. If the owner of the postcard reads this and would share the photograph here, we'd appreciate that very much. After you see the photo, come back and walk the street at high noon today, and ask yourself if the sidewalk to sidewalk paving on today's Burkesville Street is what we really need and what we really want. Ask youself too, if Columbia could fight off the tourists who would make Columbia a destination city if Burkesville Street had retained its magnificent tree tunnel entrance, even if the tourist commission tried to hide it. And, think about the radiant heat generated by all that asphalt. Wouldn't you rather it be on an Eastern Bypass around Columbia? And Columbia had more on street parking, more tree line avenues, and more rational use of precious urban land than to paved every square inch of it? Your opinions are welcome. As always, comments, corrections, and recollections are welcome. -ED This story was posted on 2007-08-09 12:49:34
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