Second Return of The Sidewalk Job From Hell

They're baaack. Constant destruction and re-pouring of this corner started before I moved into the neighborhood last July. That's right: this sidewalk job has been going on for over a year. This morning we see one man doing the work, three watching, and--my favorite--the "police detail" officer also watching.

I welcome anyone's attempted explanation of why anything in the photo is necessary.

Sidewalk Job from Hell, Year Two

Remember the city sidewalk job outside my apartment that took five months to complete last year? Last Friday at 7:30am, this guy showed up with a giant concrete saw and cut a lot of it up.

Sidewalk Update!

By lunchtime, both corners across the street had been dug up for the second and third times, respectively. The corner that was partially dug up for the first time last week is now totally dug up for the second time.

Both corners across the street are now filled with dirt. Work has ceased for the day, and the Everett cop who spent most of his detail shift in the bank drove has driven big SUV home.

Detail Cop from Everett PD just showed up in Mercedes SUV.

But the sidewalk on the corner across the street had already been dug up, then filled in with dirt. So he left.

Somerville Sidewalk Job Enters Month 5

Since I've been traveling for the past 5 weeks and worked at home well past 9pm last night, I thought I'd sleep a little later than usual today. But the Environic Corporation's excavator was outside my window just after 8, demolishing a few more squares of sidewalk on the corner across the street. When my lease started on July 15, this project had already started.

9:05am--a small loader and another excavator just showed up...