by FresnoBeach » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:14 am
The way things seem to be going the Fulton Mall will be a lost Fresno place, no longer as a car free pedestrian walking mall. I remember the times when I could freely ride my bike down the mall with my only worry of running in to a pedestrian, but then i would just cruise, now I ride down what is left it's just a street with cars and all the 50 year old trees that once stood are gone replaced by a bunch of tiny unshading trees that will take another life time to give any shade. Those cars on what we call now Fulton Street are just getting in the way, you can't park all the great spots in front of the shops are taken, and those crazy kids driving by throwing stuff at people who are on the park benches has become a problem. Oh how I wish for the days on Fulton as it was seen in the old photos when it was a mall. All the open art that was there is gone moved to storage and forgotten or sold away.
Fresno: A City Reborn 1968
The way things seem to be going the Fulton Mall will be a lost Fresno place, no longer as a car free pedestrian walking mall. I remember the times when I could freely ride my bike down the mall with my only worry of running in to a pedestrian, but then i would just cruise, now I ride down what is left it's just a street with cars and all the 50 year old trees that once stood are gone replaced by a bunch of tiny unshading trees that will take another life time to give any shade. Those cars on what we call now Fulton Street are just getting in the way, you can't park all the great spots in front of the shops are taken, and those crazy kids driving by throwing stuff at people who are on the park benches has become a problem. Oh how I wish for the days on Fulton as it was seen in the old photos when it was a mall. All the open art that was there is gone moved to storage and forgotten or sold away.
Fresno: A City Reborn 1968
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