Singin' and blockin' the sidewalk in the rain

By adamg on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 5:12pm

Alicia Priselac photographs a woman who managed to take up pretty much the entire width of Federal Street this afternoon with an umbrella that would make you think she stole it off somebody's back porch except that it was black.

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its a big enough umbrella

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 9:23pm.

but its always me who ends up getting wet.

Not a fan of the umbrella

By neilv on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 10:02pm.

Even normal-sized umbrellas are too wide for many/most Boston-area streets.

And then sometimes people have the umbrella low and forward, not looking where they're going, and with the pointy bits hovering around face height.

Awnings

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 10:24pm.

Hardly any of the buildings around here have awnings. It rains often and hard enough, it would be a nice feature if they did.

When I was at a conference in Portland, OR and it was raining on cue, the guy at an outdoor cab desk at the Hilton outed me as a native. He had been watching as I scooted under two awnings, waited for the light, dashed across one street and under another awning, waited for the light, then dashed to my destination - all without getting too wet or carrying an umbrella.

Can't do that in Boston or any other city where deep awnings aren't a consistent feature.

Location

By rhodeislander on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 12:50pm.

This is Congress St. looking toward Post Office Square, not Federal St.