Whenever possible, during the 34 years Steve Allen was in charge of the PTSD clinic at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, aka the VA Hospital, he would walk to and from work.
It was a pleasant commute, just less than a mile each way, starting from his front porch in the Yale-Harvard area, cutting through Sunnyside Park, then on to the hospital on 500 South.
But he didn’t do it for the scenery, to save on gas or get in his steps…