In Our Neighborhood – 10 Minute Walks

Recently I read a newspaper article that asserted even walking just ten minutes a day was good for one’s health. Well that sounded manageable and I’m sure going outside everyday is good for my mental health as well so I’ve started taking at least a 10 minute walk on the days I don’t walk for other reasons. (In the past I’ve never been much for walks with no end destination). On some days I walk across the street to the lake since I also believe that being in nature is good for the soul. But sometimes I feel like Nero Wolfe’s Archie Goodwin does about nature:

(The country) is all right, I’ve got nothing against it, and of course in the country something might as well be growing or what would you do with all that space, but I must admit it’s a poor place to look for excitement. Compare it, for example, with Times Square.

Well my neighborhood isn’t as exciting as Times Square but sometimes like Archie I’d rather look at buildings than growing things. One of the things I’ve found interesting lately is the contrast between buildings right next door to each other. For example 625 and 619 Stratford:

Today I saw this interesting juxtaposition on Buckingham Place.