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	Podcast:		A Cape Cod Notebook from WCAI
	Episode:		The Cape's Only Town with a Full-length Sidewalk: Part 2
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2017-12-19 07:15:00
	Description:		Last week I began to describe a walk I recently took on the pedestrian sidewalk that runs the length of Route 6 in Eastham – the only Cape town that has such a continuous walkway. What struck me most, for the first couple of miles, was the prevalence of old houses on both sides of the highway. Most were Greek Revivals and old Capes, with one or two Federal era structures. I must have passed dozens of them, some hidden or screened by fences or vegetation, but most quite visible. In any case, this stretch of Route 6 is a veritable architectural museum of 18 th and 19 th century homes, rivaling the main streets of such old communities as Brewster and Barnstable. I never noticed this before when driving, because it is too dangerous to stop your vehicle anywhere along Route 6, or even take your attention away for a moment from the continuous traffic. The most interesting house I encountered was about two miles north of the Rotary. It was mostly obscured from view by a thick stand of cedars
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