Faces of Slow Lake Street: MORGAN WEISMAN

“I run on here probably two or three times a week. I walk on it almost every single day. I’m working from home. I work for Google so getting out of the house gives me my sanity. And I think I would probably go crazy without having someplace like this to walk. It’s so easy to access right outside my door.

It’s just calm. You see so many people walking with their kids, their dogs, no cars running by. No one knows how to stop in San Francisco and so having something like this without cars, just to be able to easily walk, listen to a podcast, take a work call, walk with a friend. It’s just remarkable and really different than walking on California Street for example. 

It just adds to the appeal of the neighborhood, having a quiet street like this. It makes it much more charming. I also don’t think it takes anything away from traffic. I live on California and I don’t think the traffic has gotten worse or better, probably, by having this as a slow street. 

I would be forced to walk elsewhere, and run elsewhere, honestly. Big part of my neighborhood, part of my routine. Creature of habit. And I think it makes the neighborhood really special having this.”

MORGAN WEISMAN (walking)