Sidewalk/parking at the corner of Liberty and Kidder?

[toniamato.livejournal.com]

Does anyone out there know why some of the sidewalk on this section of Liberty has been torn up, and why parking is restricted on both sides? I am so worried that the city is about to take down one of our beautiful trees!

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[avjudge]

I'm nowhere near there (I'm out of town right now) but torn-up sidewalk around a tree usually means the tree's roots heaved the sidewalk so it's being relaid.

We had that happen near my house on Glenwood Rd last weekend - and they replaced some nearby cracked-up sections while they were at it. For some reason some of this work was done on the weekend - they ripped up on Saturday, and poured concrete on Monday.

[squirrelitude]

Yep, this is called "break-out" work -- look for "B/O" written on the No Parking signs.

I was worried about this too the first time I saw it. :-)

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

OH! We had a bunch of our street blocked off for "B/O" and my partner and I had a lot of fun trying to guess what it meant:

• NO parking, neighbor with bad Body Odor
  
• Bridge / Overpass (being built over the feeder streets to lexington ave
  
• No parking, reserved for secret service, Barack Obama visiting,
  
• Blood / Offal: no parking, meat processing

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

With it being right before our "street/block party" I at first thought it was for that! But then I saw the B/O signs and called the city and asked and found out about the Break Out terminology too :)

[avjudge]

Yeah, I had no idea about the "breakout" terminology but I was home & heard the guy's radio as he put out the signs so I went out to see what was going on. I asked what "BIO" was and was told breakout - not the neatest writing on those signs!

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

FWIW, the city and the mayor love the trees. When one comes down it's usually because it has to. Then, they replant when it's possible to do so.

[toniamato.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the info!