The Berkeley paths are one of the treasures of the city. Even after walking them for 30 years I still find new ones. It's hard not to feel admiration for the p

The Berkeley paths are one of the treasures of the city. Even after walking them for 30 years I still find new ones. It's hard not to feel admiration for the people that thought of adding paths with public rights of way to new neighborhoods before houses were even built. They envisioned a future of people walking through about and discovering the hidden corners of their fully built city. I sometimes feel we've lost the civic vision that animated much of America in the 1800s and early 1900s.