New B&B Opening soon

[wobblymusic.livejournal.com]

The folks who run Morrison House B&B are finally almost done with work on a second location down the street. They are now taking reservations for October and forward.

I'm not associated with them, but my mom has stayed at Morrison House a bunch of times and enjoyed it. I'm assuming the new place will be up to their usual standards.

311 call, complete elm st closure Right Now??

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

I just got a 311 call saying that Elm St is closed from Chester to Grove right now due to reconstruction of the facade of (presumably the building above Dunkin Donuts), including all pedestrian traffic which I guess includes any businesses unlucky enough to be located on that stretch of Elm. And that they would provide updates as needed on when the road was reopened. It said it was due to the construction, but given the zero warning about it I assume that something unplanned happened? Or did these businesses have warning that there was going to be a complete lack of access "until further notice?"

Anyone know what's up?

Large portion of Elm Street in Davis Square shut down to pedestrian and auto traffic

[keithn.livejournal.com]

From Somerville's facebook page:

Effective immediately, as a precautionary measure, due to structural work occurring on the façade of the building at 240 Elm St., Elm St. between Dover St. and Russell St. will be closed to all cars, and there will be no access for pedestrians between Chester St. and Grove St. until further notice. Detours in this area will direct traffic right onto Dover St., left onto Orchard St., and left onto Russell St. back to Elm St., however we advise all commuters through this area to seek alternate routes until further notice.

Somerville Police will be stationed in this area to assist with detours. Updates will be provided as they are available this evening.

According to one Twitter user, some scaffolding on the side of the Social Security building has collapsed.

Davis Square traffic update from the city

[keithn.livejournal.com]

Updated on the city's Facebook page.  tl;dr: Avoid Davis Square at all costs if you are on wheels.  If you are a pedestrian, things might not be much better.  This sounds like an absolute nightmare.

Davis Square traffic update: The closure of Elm St., between Dover St. and Grove St. for all vehicles, will remain in place until further notice as structural work continues on the façade of the building at 240 There will also be no access for pedestrians on Elm St., between Chester St. and Grove St., during this work. Starting at 5am (Tuesday morning) the following temporary detours and traffic pattern changes will go into effect:

• Highland Ave. between College Ave. and Grove St. will become a two-way street.
• Vehicles traveling east on Holland St. may take a right onto Dover St., or continue onto Highland Ave.
• Vehicles traveling west on Highland Ave. may continue onto Holland St., or right onto College Ave. Cars will not be permitted to turn left onto Dover St.
• Vehicles traveling into Davis Sq. on College Ave. may only turn right onto Holland St. Cars will not be permitted to travel straight onto Dover St. nor take a left turn onto Highland Ave.

Somerville Police will be stationed in this area to assist with detours, and message boards will be placed in Teele Sq. and at the Powder House Rotary. If at all possible, please seek alternate routes, particularly during morning and evening rush hour commutes: Updates will be provided as they are available.