David A. Brown of dabphoto. Westheimer Sunday Streets. Photo: David A. Brown of dabphoto.

Cigna Sunday Streets HTX is back this October 4, along Washington Avenue between Heights Boulevard and the roundabout from noon to 4 p.m. Watch my video guide to the event below.

Washington Avenue was the site of Houston’s first oil boom --- the cottonseed oil boom that is. Around the railyards and warehouses were little cottages for the workers, many of which have been demolished and replaced with townhouses. Density can be great if accompanied by vibrant public life ...

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Which is what you’ll experience at Sunday Streets. B-Cycle and the Inprint Poetry Buskers will be at Bank of America. Give feedback on the city’s bike plan at PrimeWay Federal Credit Union. Cigna and Go Healthy Houston will be at Rebels Honky Tonk with a giant colon ... that you can walk into. You’ll learn how a healthy colon looks! Boom 92.1 will be at Candelari’s Pizzeria. Use the bike valet with Bike Houston. Or take the new METRO Sunday bus service.

Main thing is to move your body, in the street. Walk. Or dance. I’ll be riding a unicycle.

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