Pedestrian-free zone

Let's get this straight. You live over in the Cliff Rose subdivision on, maybe, one of the Monopoly streets like Short Line Lane or, maybe, on a non-Monopoly street such as Raindagger Drive. Your doctor has told you to get more exercise. The newspaper has just published a feature about the trails in Watson Woods, which is directly across SR89 from Cliff Rose. Aha. Time for a hike. You walk down to the point where Rosser Street meets SR 89.

Northeast corner. Oops.

Southeast corner. Oops.

Northwest corner. Oops.

Southwest corner. Oops. It's very simple -- you can't get there from here, unless you fire up your gasmobile. It's a genuine pedestrian-free zone, brought to my attention by Derek the Mapmaker and founder of the new religion for the 21st Century, Must Be Funny. I guess that he thought that this arrangement was pretty funny. Now he's got me wondering about the funny potential of city hikers trying to cross a road anywhere near one of those roundabouts which traffic engineers consider the real bees' knees. This year. Thanks, Derek, for the data and the pix.

Cliff Rose Note: Perhaps the developer belonged to Must Be Funny; perhaps he was serious. Whoever (or whatever) he was, he preceded our time in Prescott. When we arrived, the map was already platted with the following streets directly from the Monopoly board: Short Line Lane, Reading Lane, Baltic Avenue, States Street, Ventor Circle, St. James Place, Mediterranean Court, Oriental Avenue and Atlantic Avenue. And, of course, Marvin Gardens and Boardwalk. Nowhere have I seen history or discussion of how this curious set of street names was selected. Nor have I scoped the development to see if Baltic and Mediterannean really comprise the low rent district, with the toniest mansions situated on Boardwalk.