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Streets Large Enough For the People
Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory - S
When it rains, people are sent scurrying.
The walkways are not large enough to shelter a lunchtime rush or students at the end of the school day or university students descending from the shuttle bus.
A plastic folder becomes a head covering. The crowds can only be dodged by stepping out into the rain. No one looks upwards anymore lest they cop a drop straight into the eye.
If vaulted ceilings incline the gaze upwards, then the rain is an inversion, and we become conscious of the ground.