I’ve spent a lot of time in East Price Hill. Last Spring and Summer I spent most of my
waking hours there when my office at Santa Maria moved from Lower Price Hill to
a newly renovated space on Price Avenue in the Incline District. From there, I was able to walk the Bayou Fish
House and the Corner BLOC Coffee Shop and keep an eye on the construction taking place
at the Incline Village.
We’ll start our East Price Hill run from the Incline Public House, where I had a fabulous mushroom and pesto pizza along with a Rivertown
Hop Bomber a few weeks ago. We were
thrilled at how busy the place was on a Saturday night, but with a view like
this, we shouldn’t have been surprised:
(Please pardon the blur.)
Before the Public House opened its doors, Primavista had the
best view in town. The Public House’s
patio offers an even better vantage point. We’ll run down Mt. Hope past Wilson
Commons before taking Purcell to Mt. Echo Park.
A few summers ago I was spending every lunch break studying
for my Organizational Psychology class on Mt. Echo’s gorgeous pavilion, which
was less than a mile from my office in Lower Price Hill. I would east my peanut
butter sandwich and apple while reclining (somewhat uncomfortably) against a
pillar. One day I walked back to my car to find that I had been given a ticket
for failure to display a front license plate.
I guess it was only a matter of time.
From Mt. Echo, we’ll take West 8th Street to the Imago Earth Center. I’ve never been
to Imago, and I’m hoping that the public trails are open our visit. If so, we’ll try to incorporate a mile or
two. Next, we’ll run up to St. Joseph
Cemetery and try to make a loop inside the gates.
We’ll run back to the Incline via Price Avenue, hopefully
stopping briefly to wave hello to my former home away from home, Santa Maria Community Services' Price Hill
Financial Opportunity Center.
I feel like I know East Price Hill as well as I know any
neighborhood in the city. I know that it
has great views, beautiful parks, a great library, and good restaurants. When
co-workers asked if I’ve ever consider moving to the neighborhood my response
was always a sheepish, “I don’t know where I’d run….”
We’re about to find out.
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