Curvilinear sidewalk on Halpine Road in Twinbrook/Rockville

Curvilinear sidewalk on Halpine Road in Twinbrook/Rockville
Originally uploaded by rllayman

One of the things I discovered in talking with residents (talking = a form of anthropological/qualitative research) is that seeming opposition to "sidewalks" isn't always about sidewalks per se, but about how sidewalks are traditionally constructed--in a straight line a certain distance from the street, and if there is a line of trees in the way of the straight line, the trees get cut down.

There aren't many good examples around of incorporating sidewalks more "surgically" into the landscape (other than DC's increasing use of rubber sidewalks to better deal with tree root upthrust), and this one, on Halpine Road in Twinbrook/Rockville, is quite good.