North of Pike Road, west of Sunset, south of Nelson, east of Hover. Total for today : 20,310 steps (est.) and 3:52 time.
There is something about today’s walk which is stands out as unique from my other 60-some Longmont walks this year. See if you can guess what it is… I’ll give the answer at the end of today’s blog.
STATUES FROM PRATT PROPERTIES
Although I’ve seen a number of these statues before, I never realized that the animal statues were such an iconic part of the Pratt properties insignia…
Rabbit
Mountain Goat?
Deer
Bear
Eagle
Buffalo
Bear catching fish
Beware a moose bearing gifts…
TWIN PEAKS MALL
Puma? Lynx?
Buck chasing doe…
a bunch of wolves (coyotes?)
- 0′
- a bunch of wolves (coyotes?)
PRATT CEMETERY
At the time, I didn’t really appreciate the impact Ken Pratt had on Longmont development (in the mid 1980’s, but in walking this area, I can see that he really did have a big impact on Longmont development. The Pratt areas seem to be a well-developed commercial area. I didn’t know that a small cemetery area had been reserved for the Pratt family (west of Sunset, immediately west of the Burlington cemetery). It has the burial site of Ken Pratt himself, as well as perhaps 20 family members. A rather unique feature is that a lot of the gravestones have an engraved signature in the handwriting of the person buried there.
TWIN PEAKS MALL AREA
I’m not sure if I agree, but the Twin Peaks Mall area, which was started around 1984, not long after we moved here, is now designated as a blighted area…. So I thought I should take a few photographs of it… considering it may all be torn down / renovated in the next year or so…
Twin Peaks mall
what showing at the movie theater
- I don’t remember what this restaurant was… some help, here..
FEMA flood location
west entrance of Twin Peak s mall
flood recovery # 2
bridge by the bank…
businesses NW of mall
Cliff Rogge dental office
Lots of party supplies
Zumba extraordinaire
don’t drive down into the ditch (behind Hobby Lobby)
hot rod car in the parking lot
east entrance to the mall
Dillards was always a fine coporate citizen (in my opinion)
New Plans for the Mall
FLOWER BIN Flower Bin is a long-time Longmont asset…
Flower Bin
Flower Bin Entrance
Goose at Flower Bin
OSKAR BLUES
Oskar Blues Brewery started out in Lyons, but now has a pretty big presence in Longmont as well. I think I recently read that it’s also branching out to another location, in think in Lafayette (or maybe Louisville)
Oskar Blues van
Oskar Blues newer bus
Oskar Blues older bus # 2 (back end)
Oskar Blues older bus # 1
Oskar Blues anti-corporate offices
Oskar Blues far view
close-up of Tasty Weasel tasting room
Oskar Blues restaurant (used to be ‘The Silo’)
THE REST OF THE PICTURES FOR THE DAY (plus, at the end, the answer to what is unique about this area as compared to every other neighborhood I’ve walked this year… in case you have figured it out yet)
South Sunset
Sunset Academy
Calvary Chapel
Dog Day Care
Railroad signals
west toward Boulder
Used to be the Skating Rink
used to be the skating rink # 2
sky structure
I don’t know what it does…. let’s turn in on and find out!
Fitness circuit
benches
Dot Hill (high tech?)
Pratt building # 1
Pratt building # 2
bottom half an old street light??
MME (mixed martial arts) gym
dead end at loading area
reflections of a Longmont Street Walker
not as big as it looks in this picture
FRCC
Left Hand Design
portal of the day
baby bootie and cigarette
telescope dome (?) at FRCC
business area SE of Hover and Ken Pratt Blvd.
Orthodontist
Red Lobster
The Egg & I
Reserved parking — only for non-Johnny Carino’s customers!
Sports Authority mural close-up # 1
Sports Authority mural close-up # 2
Sports Authority mural close-up # 3
Sports Authority mural close-up # 4
and that’s it for today.
If you made it this far…
did you figure out what is somewhat surprisingly unique (at least to me), of this walking area, as opposed to the other 70-odd areas I’m walking this year?
ANSWER: This is the only area I’ve walked this year that has no residential area! As far as I can tell, there is not a single ‘private’ living area in this neighborhood. The Vance Brand Airport area came close to fitting this description as well, but it had a couple of farmhouses on it, which I’m pretty sure were still occupied.