Street Tour
Taylor Ave- home of student avoiding campus housing (or those who couldn’t get it), crazy old women (according to local inhabitants), and the usual townies and families that occupy most any street. What makes Taylor Ave different from most streets? The fact that it end, with no outlet but to turn around. While it gives of the facade of being a cul-de-sac, the circular end to this short street is actually surrouned by forested trees, rather than the usual houses that would surround the circular ending of the street. Also, while it is a circle, it is much smaller than it typical of a cul-de-sac. The circular ending of Taylor Ave similar to that of o cul-de-sac, however, may confuse passerbys, or in this case, turn-arounders, into assuming is it such. No much activity occurs here on a late Thursday night, besides the few cars that drive by, only to have to turn around after realizing this street has no outlet or that they, like my friend and I, have missed their destination. The sound of college kids partying in the backyard on their deck is the only sound one can here from immediate observation, besides the occasional sound of some chirping bug confused by the immense heat that it is still summer. Being set apart only by its circular dead end, Taylor Ave appears typical of every other street within a 2 block radius of Marist College campus.
