Re: Philcon is in New Jersey (!) this year

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"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Because it's not generally regarded as a pleasant walk.  It's eight
>> to ten miles, over a major bridge, through Camden, NJ, along some
>> heavily-trafficked roads.
>
>Thanks.  Would that be the Benjamin Franklin Bridge?  I was just
>reading about that bridge in a book by Henry Petroski.  He strongly
>praises both the view *of* the bridge, and the view *from* the bridge.
>He says the pedestrian walkway was deliberately placed such that cars
>and trains wouldn't block the view for pedestrians.

     And the view isn't blocked.  As a pedestrian, you're above
both.  But, you still get a lot of the traffic noise.

     It's a little disconcerting that there are gaps (expansion
joints?) that let you look straight down past the path all the way
to the water below.

     I've never walked it, but I biked it once, each way.  A
warning to anyone else who wants to do that:  There are steps at
the NJ side.  You MUST be ready to dismount and carry the bike
down the steps.

     The bus, which takes you practically to the hotel's door,
isn't expensive.  Neither is the PATCO train.  Given what roads
you'd have to walk and what neighborhoods you'd walk through, I
strongly suggest not walking.

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