A snowy April

By adamg on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 10:42am

The Fort Pointer shows us the snow that still remains today at the USPS lot on Fort Point Channel.

Comments

I've always thought that New

By Hyde_Parker on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 10:46am.

I've always thought that New England spring begins on the day that the last snowpile melts.

I remember one really bad winter and cool spring where there was a snowpile in a parking lot that didn't fully melt until June.

There was also a huge snowpile like that near where I live.

By mplo on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 7:23pm.

I, too remember a particularly bad winter, where we not only had big storms back to back and a cool, late spring, but, right near where I presently reside, there was a similarly huge snowpile that stayed put and didn't melt until June.

Snow Piles

By BostonUrbEx on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 11:20am.

Existing snow piles I know of:

- Empty lot on Beech St, the Chelsea snow farm (recently leveled out by a bulldozer in an attempt to make it melt faster)

- Empty lot on Huntington Ave across from Wait St

The good old days

By Mr Cousteau on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 2:26pm.

when the City actually REMOVED the snow, they used to dump it right into the ocean. But today that's not good enough for all the people who bought condos on the waterfront.

I think there are just

By Pun based on Boston culture... on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 4:52pm.

I think there are just environmental issues to that, since all the crap that gets into the snow as it gets plowed around also gets dumped in the ocean.

garbage

By Chickadee on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 9:10pm.

I live in Cambridgeport, and walk past the Waverly Street snow pile all winter long. As that thing melts, it's disgusting how much garbage is uncovered; I wouldn't want any of that stuff in the ocean.