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Dec 11

Forgotten Founder, Lasting Legacy: Honoring Wallace Alexander on Sea View

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a beautiful day for our walk last Wednesday. Some rain was forecast...

Dec 4

Trains, Taverns, and Tom’s Garage: A Stroll Through Piedmont’s Hidden Gems

Last Wednesday was a beautiful, sunny, late fall morning. During 2024 our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group...

Nov 27

Walking for Will: A Thanksgiving Eve Turkey Trot and Tribute

I was away last week, so Jim Kellogg was the leader for our Wednesday walk and provided the summary below. Best, Dick Last Wednesday...

Nov 20

One-Block Wonders: Walking, Weather, and Walter Blair’s Pond

The weather forecasters were calling for some light rain last Wednesday morning before an atmospheric river was to blast the area later...

Nov 13

The Ginkgo Kings and the Garden that Beer Built

It is almost the end 2024 and there were still some Piedmont streets our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group...

Oct 15

Sequoias, Silk, and a Slice of Bali:

It was a mild, cloudy day for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group this Wednesday when 45 walkers with one...

Oct 8

Kingston Avenue Chronicles: Victorian Houses, Name Changes, and Rogue Chickens

The heat wave finally broke last Wednesday, just in time for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group’s weekly...

Sep 10

Lost Lanterns and Deer Highways

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a shorter walk than usual last week because it was warm/hot, so this...

Jul 30

Marvelous Marlborough Court

As our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group was gathering at the Exedra at our normal time this week, a young,...

Jun 11

Heading to Harvard

It was another lovely, spring morning last Wednesday for our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays weekly walk. A strong...

Apr 23

Gravity, Faults and a Reservoir

It was an overcast morning for our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays' walk this week. There was a solid turnout of...

Mar 19

Off to Greener Acres

This Wednesday morning was sunny and mild for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays’ first spring walk. A large...

Feb 28

Grand Avenue Heights

Our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays group had a large turnout of 45 walkers and two K-9 best friends at the Exedra...

Jan 31

Alta Piedmont and Heights development

In 2023 our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays group lived a charmed weather life. It never rained on Wednesday...

Jan 10

On Track to Witter, the Pool and bulb-outs

Our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays group started our walk this week with a cloudy and cool morning. But there was...

Dec 27, 2023

12 Days of Christmas

Our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesday group had a good holiday week turnout of 26 walkers and three K-9 best friends...

Nov 29, 2023

Trestle Glen Steps

It had rained the night before, but there was no reason for our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays group to worry. It...

Nov 22, 2023

Trottin' Turkeys

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was great. It was Thanksgiving Eve last Wednesday and members of our Piedmont Recreation Department's...

Nov 8, 2023

The House of Mulberry's

On our walk last week, our Piedmont Recreation Department's Walking on Wednesdays group had a long walk to see some streets on the...

Oct 31, 2023

Walking on Wyngaard

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a great weather day last Wednesday for a long walk to see some...