Woodland’s Back Roads: Buddhas and children are fixtures on Pacific Street

Woodland’s Back Roads: Buddhas and children are fixtures on Pacific Street

Pacific Street lives up to its name: Quiet, calm, almost serene. It stretches between Pendegast and Gum to the immediate west of Gibson Road, but one might never know of its existence. One the east side are the back lots of several businesses. To the west are homes and backyards. The front yards of some of those homes are decorated with small stone buddhas or cherubs punctuated by colorful pinwheels, old wheel barrels and well-kept yards that gl…