When I visited the L.A. Times site a few days ago, the Connecticut highway of my childhood was up on the front page. The Merritt Parkway was recently added to the World Monument Fund’s watch list and the L.A. Times article discusses the balance between preservation and safety for this beautiful and, yes, old-fashioned highway. It’s a charming countryside thoroughfare that doesn’t exist in L.A., which I guess is what makes it of interest in a place where you can spend several hours of your day in a smoggy eight-lane freeway.