◎ 慶応仲通りとは長年のお付き合いになります。かれこれ36年にもなるでしょうか。22歳のときから現在の58歳まで、幾度となく行き来したことでしょう。変わらぬ風景がバブル経済の崩壊以降、お店の入れ替わりも頻繁になり、数々のチェーン店が出店してきました。
Keio Nakadori and I have known each other for many years. It must be 36 years now.
From the age of 22 to my current age of 58, I must have come and gone many times.
Since the bursting of the bubble economy, the shops have changed frequently and many chain shops have opened in the area.
◎ 大半は小さな建物が多いのですが、建築会館は別ですね。格式ある立派な会館なのです。ベンチのある中庭が、暑い日などには絶好の日陰ポイントになっています。スタンド灰皿も複数個所にあったのですが、先日、中庭を通り抜けたらすべて消えていました。とても残念な気持ちになりました。
On Keio Naka-dori, most of the buildings are small, but not the Architecture Hall. It is a prestigious and magnificent hall. The courtyard with its benches is a great shade point on hot days. There were also several stand ashtrays in several places, but when I walked through the courtyard the other day, they had all disappeared. I was very disappointed.