The End of Great George Street

Photo: Jamille De-Andra Chin

Sav-la-Mar gave me life today! It was my first time in the capital of Westmoreland and it was an eclectic urban mix. Arriving on Great George Street, I laid eyes upon the cast iron fountain...a beautiful relic from Jamaica's colonial past. I decided I would walk out the entire street and it was really interesting to see. A consumer can do everything on this street! We can go to church, buy books at the bookstore, read a book at the library, shop for clothes and beauty products or purchase fabric to make clothes, check out furniture, do personal banking...go to the supermarket or just cash out at a wholesale. I just thought it fantastic! The street just seemed like a one stop shop. My walk was pretty delightful. I observed that some buildings were aesthetically pleasing while others had zero pizzazz. The use of colour could be played up a whole lot more but it was still visually something to see. The town's urban form has a linear layout but it's beauty lies in having the ocean at the end of the street. My eyes caught a flock of black birds flying over some fishermen in their boat. Then on the other side there was a wall blocking the ocean view. I saw a group of doctors posing for a picture underneath an arch and my curiosity piqued. I walked over to them and low and behold I got sprayed by sea water and it made me happy.