I travel 3rd St. everyday, sometimes by car and sometimes by motorcycle. I learned early on to not even attempt to drink coffee from a travel mug going down 3rd St or you'll wearing it by the time you get to Martin Luther King Blvd. Chuck-hole, patch, chuck-hole, patch, patch, patch. The street paving is in horrible condition and no matter how "pretty" they make the surroundings, one will have to spend all their efforts to keep ther car on the road through the "whoop-de-doos" of roadway patchwork and chuck-holes. Now, I realize there is no money to do paving from the city of Wilmington and they would have to either cut school funding, elderly help programs, school lunches or child development programs to pay for it (no sarchasm here...). Meanwhile, the beautiful PPD building and the new Convention Center occupants can watch the mud-bog obstacle course of little ants going back and forth to work on 3rd St. If the city planners want visual improvement, start with a safe and effective roadway so that the "Scenic byway" is truly scenic and not an obstacle course.