Universal Hub - Blizzard of 2013

Where people got tickets for not shoveling snow after the February blizzard

adamg — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:09:31 +0000

MuckRock has put together an interesting chart and map based on data about tickets issued by city inspectors for failing to shovel sidewalks after the February blizzard.

Via Matt Carroll.

Citizen complaint of the day: This space saver is no Aretha Franklin

adamg — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:55:41 +0000

A fed-up citizen grouses that three weeks after the blizzard, this space saver on East Cottage Street in Dorchester needs some D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

The Carl Spackler of plow drivers apologizes; says no cars were hurt in the making of his video

adamg — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:18:20 +0000

Earlier:
Plowin' the streets of Lowell with Dogg.

Irresistible force vs. immovable object, Boston space-saver edition

adamg — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:44:15 +0000

Compare this note left on a space saver, captured by Stephanie-Marie in Roslindale today, with this note, left on somebody's car whose driver dared to move a space saver in South Boston yesterday.

The ultimate Masshole job: Snowplow driver

adamg — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:52:20 +0000

Watch and listen (audio NSFW).

Don't worry, Bostonians, Masshole Carl Spackler here works (worked?) in Lowell, WBZ reports.

Can city agencies get tickets for not shoveling?

adamg — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:10:19 +0000

A roving UHub photographer forwards this picture, taken around 4:40 p.m. yesterday, of the handicap parking spaces outside 12 Channel St., an Innovation District building owned by the BRA and EDIC.

They haven't plowed their handicap spaces since the blizzard.

The space-saving statue of limitations

adamg — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:10:14 +0000

Nestochan observed this statue on Montrose Street in Roxbury.

A blizzard recap

adamg — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:28:59 +0000

Chansky's in Brighton kept track of the top daily purchases in the days just before, during and just after the blizzard.

Via Boston Reddit.

No street pianos yet, but looks like somebody in Brighton is getting ready for a street electronic keyboard

adamg — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:40:00 +0000

Marcelo, a roving UHub photographer, spotted this keyboard-stand space saver on Sanderson Place in Brighton this morning.

Earlier:
Random pianos will appear in random places this year.