What is it about an absence of sidewalks in some finer neighbourhoods that appeals to the homeowners there? It’s a phenomenon seen this week as the City pushes to make roads safer in the Kingsway. The discussion has gone back and forth in Lawrence Park where streets such as Mildenhall Rd. remain without sidewalks. Two years ago a concern for the uprooting of old trees was offered as a good reason not to build sidewalks. Lawrence Park resident Phillip Crawley, CEO and publisher and of the Globe and Mail, offered a comment. “The overwhelming view was the destruction of trees was not something the residents wanted to see,” he said. “They’ve gotten used to not having sidewalks.” But the affection for no sidewalks seems to run deeper than that.
