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Submitted by RWE (not verified) on Tue, 7/27/2010 - 12:11am
I've always been curious as to why and when Watts was made one-way south of Trinity. The residents of those few blocks have a nice little enclave with very little cut through traffic, as vehicles southbound on Watts are forced over to Buchanan or Gregson. Somebody in one of these beautiful homes must have been quite well connected politically - at least more so than the people in the blocks north of Trinity. I'd like to see it made two way again.
Submitted by Michael Bacon (not verified) on Tue, 7/27/2010 - 4:05am
This clearly shows the danger of leaving up historic housing. Had this all been torn down, this might be a nice street, instead of the run-down, low income ghetto that it's turned into.
Submitted by Joseph H. (not verified) on Wed, 7/28/2010 - 5:37pm
That part of Watts was one-way as early as 1985, when I lived on one of the houses in the picture. Speed bumps have also been added since then, along with an additional stop sign at Green, a more restrictive light at Trinity, and a lowered speed limit along the entire street. It's also hard to get out the Northgate end, where you have to make a right turn; the left-bearing spur of Guess from Watts was also removed, further obstructing traffic.
The funny thing to me is that, AFAIK, there's still a lot of rentals on Watts, even on the tonier, one-way end.
BTW, those "sleeping porches" as shown at 205 and 203 are awesome. :)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 9/5/2010 - 1:08am
That part of Watts was one-way when I was in elementary school (1958-63). I remember riding my bike from Green St. to my best friend's house in that section of Watts many times.
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