Yay!
Category - Snow
Jef NickersonSeriously? (Official first sidewalk rant of 2009-2010 season)
I was walking over to Union Station Plaza the other night and heading there through the tunnel when I came upon this. A pile of snow right in the walkway. I mean, come on! Seriously!? And I don’t think it is even...
SNOW!
Atwells Avenue | Photo by Jef Nickerson
Federal Hill Christmas Tree | Photo Jef Nickerson
First snow! Yay!
Above is the Federal Hill Christmas Tree at Sutton and Atwells which will be lit tomorrow (Sunday) at 4pm.
Yurdin, Narducci Work on Shoveling
The Brown Daily News reports that Councilmen Seth Yurdin and Nicholas Narducci, Jr. are working on efforts to both increase awareness of shoveling ordinances and refashion the current one to give it more teeth (and a...
Bret AncowitzPost blizzard sidewalks
This morning’s sidewalks are rather typical in the cycle of snow removal in Providence. Every year I rant, and every year a large part of that rant is the fact that the sidewalks at Garibaldi Park on Atwells...
Snowblogging: Blizzard!
Federal Street, Federal Hill Sutton Street Acorn Street Spruce Street DePasquale Plaza Atwells Avenue 7:30 this morning, the sidewalk at Angelo’s is shoveled and salted and basically down to pavement. Gold star...
Snowvlogging: Middle of the night edition
Snowvlogging: Middle of the night edition
Dear Mother Nature,
Thank you for the not having to work today.
Love,
Me
In Like a Lion
In Like a Lion This morning we had a quick blast of very slippery slush. Tomorrow though, the apocalypse is coming. I’m hearing reports of up to 15 inches of snow! Dear Mother Nature: I would be pleased to not...
Sidewalk rant: Reader results
Greater City Providence reader Meg contacted Councilman Hassett about unshoveled sidewalks in Ward 12. Meg told Councilman Hassett about her concerns about unremoved snow and icy sidewalks along Douglas Avenue, and...
55 Days
So the first substantial snowfall of the year was December 19th, fifty-five days ago. Pretty much ever since then there has been snow and ice on this sidewalk on Atwells outside the Atwells Mini Mart and the (now, and...
Pedal Powered Snow Plow
Could this be the answer to Providence’s snow clearing woes? Probably not, but it sure is cool, and I want one.
Check out the rest of the story over at MAKE
Matthew CoolidgeBike Providence has a “Close Call”
Mark over at BikeProvidence.org tells a story that anyone who’s done their share of walking around the city can relate to… I had zero time to catch a license plate, heck, I have to admit it wasn’t...
Snow to rain? Boo!
4-6 inches of snow changing to rain tomorrow? Well isn’t that just gonna be TheSuck? What the hell am I gonna wear tomorrow? Snow-to-Rain Blogging just doesn’t sound as fun as Snow Blogging. Sick day?
People die
Boston.com reports today about the problem of unshoveled sidewalks. The problem is, quite bluntly, people die when sidewalks are uncleared and they are forced to walk in the street. But Oleg Kotlyarevskiy, 47...
