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You could also add that in those days sidewalks were for lowlifes who couldn't afford a car.
Another component is the cost of retaining walls to support sidewalks on each side of a hillside road would have been, and would be now, prohibitive.

LS_8750 wrote:You could also add that in those days sidewalks were for lowlifes who couldn't afford a car.

Aren't they still? I always thought sidewalks in the city were for camping and sidewalks in the suburbs were for skateboarding.

LS_8750 wrote:Another component is the cost of retaining walls to support sidewalks on each side of a hillside road would have been, and would be now, prohibitive.

Also an exercise in futility as they usually fail, eventually. Cut banks seem to me much more sensible for long-term maintenence although less appealing aesthetically.

Happy Friday everyone!!

Ha! And who shall we pass the torch to?

There's a couple of streets in Placerville that have sections of monolithic sidewalk/retaining wall that may be a few years older than I am and show no signs of failing. These are as much as 24" from gutter to top of walk at a couple locations. Any higher, or if the wall and walk were separate components, and I doubt that they would have worked for more than a few years. I suspect that there is a good amount of steel keeping the wall face and walk surface from separating.