PORT TOWNSEND – Forget sidewalk corner “bulb-outs” proposed for Water Street and remove the brick planters with small trees on Taylor Street. The City Council approved those recommendations from the city’s Historical Preservation Committee during a Tuesday night meeting at historic City Hall.
“We wanted to maintain the historical vista of Water Street,” said Roger Lizut, Historical Preservation Committee chairman, explaining why the committee rejected curbside bulges – bulb-outs – at the crosswalks on the commercial street through historical downtown.
Lizut, on behalf of the committee, also stressed the need to remove the “Do Not Enter” sign at the Water entrance to Taylor and red brick planters with small maple trees along Taylor Street between Water and Washington streets.
“We would like to make this very much an open environment,” Lizut said, with the historic Taylor Street view to the proposed Haller Fountain Park in mind.
