What are they doing to Seven Hills Park?

[ron_newman]

Some time in the last three weeks, while I was away, a construction crew dug up the section of Seven Hills Park just behind the Holland Street T entrance. The area is fenced off, including the stairs from Meacham Road.

Who is doing this construction and what are they building? There were no workers around when I walked by, but it was after 5 pm and raining.

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[42itous.livejournal.com]

I dunno, but I took some photos.
http://42itous.livejournal.com/94178.html

[squirrelitude]

Gah, for a bit I was trying to spatially reconcile those two photos. >_<

(I know where both are, but my brain was insisting that they had to be from the same construction site.)

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I love that the fence divides the three statues, making it an even more bizarre statement. the woman is behind the fence, looking on in a concerned fashion, while the man stares sternly at the cowering mime. awesome!

[rozhinka.livejournal.com]

A couple of days ago there was a "Free Speech Zone" sign on the fence in front of the woman, adding a layer of political commentary to the poignant tableau.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Awesome :)

[spatch]

Taken from a crummy cameraphone. By the time I was back around with an actual camera in tow, the sign had predictably vanished.

[nathanjw]

I am hoping, without any actual information, that it's something that will improve the drainage of that section of the path.

[nathanjw]

Today there were some wooden forms laid out for concrete or bricklaying or the like, and it seems pretty clear that they're making a ramp from the plaza area down to Meacham, where the stairs had been.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

yes, this

[ron_newman]

I hope they're keeping the stairs and just putting the new ramp next to them. That's what it looked like today, anyway. (Wonder what was wrong with the old ramp?)

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

That path (Meecham to the back of the station) is/was pretty dangerous in the winter, I remember seeing more than one person slip and fall there when I lived behind there.