Trees both spindly and thick, new and old, linethestreets; this, along withthefrequent broad vistasaffordedby empty lots, make the streetfeelmoreruralthanurban.
From Wapping the line will continue to Whitechapel - as the present East London line does - and then join the viaduct which formerly carried the line north from BroadStreet station.
The winner of my informal poll on where to get the best ice cream was nearly unanimously Juice Bar (12 BroadStreet, 508-228-5799), a small corner shop in Nantucket town that deservedly has a line snaking out its door and around the corner during high season.