Crafton heights...what can I really say? It was a neighborhood, it bordered Crafton (it still borders Crafton) it had the BEST steps ever...(that's not true). Straka street is pure magic. Many city steps are blunt. They take you as quickly as possible to the bus stops or whatever. But straka street feels like a walk in the park. It's long but not difficult. Each step is separated by 3 or 4 feet (sometimes more) of flat, easybreezy sidewalk. And it's in the woods. Completely shaded. And it's well maintained. And it's in good shape. And it's....just go there.
Other parts of Crafton heights aren't quite as pristine but the allure remains. Clairhaven street is abandoned along the steps. Two houses sit as silent sentinel to the neglect of the past. They are beautiful, hidden monuments to the temporary. As vines invade, windows break, wood siding fades, and encroaching tree limbs sway to bring their kin in clabber board to earth; its final resting place....did I just write a poem? Shit.
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