I was thinking that a few weeks ago, while sitting at a table outside Panera. In quiet moments, you can actually hear Crabtree Creek from there!
Or the “restaurant row” between Brio and Uncle Julio’s is just… on the wrong side of the parking garage. Just a bit further away, and the restaurants could’ve had back patio seats overlooking the creek.
Over in another thread, I mentioned how downtown Frederick, MD has a lovely new riverwalk made possible by diverting most of the flow into a tunnel: