•The resident focus group was asked to draw their neighborhoods in a Mental Mapping exercise. The point was to determine how the
members of the group actually saw and used the various assets and streets in the neighborhood
•Three of the seven maps specifically pointed out and commented upon Train Avenue
•Five out of seven stressed how long-term residents viewed
neighborhood. On these, noted were what some of the empty or converted buildings had been (breweries and slaughterhouses)
•When drawing their neighborhoods, the individuals drew them very tightly,
i.e., within a very limited space of their residence
•Very little green space was noted