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A tale of two Cambridge squares after the snow

By adamg on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:14am
Kendall and Central squares in the snow

A roving UHub photographer sent in these two photos from Cambridge squares this week - on the left, Kendall Square, on the right, Central Square - and wonders why one gets the ultimate plow and shovel job and the other doesn't. The Central Square photo is from Monday, but the photographer reports there are still mounds and mounds of snow there today.

Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Topics: 
Weather
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Snow
Kendall Square
Central Square


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Comments

By adamg on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:26am.
A lot of snow

By SteveE on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 9:01am.

But can you really call this Central Sq (same with original post's photo)? That's the intersection of Inman and West Sts. However, it is right across the street from the Cambridge Person's with Disabilities office, so this specific snow mound is very troublesome.

Central Sq itself is much better.

By Refugee on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 10:56am.

That should stop the White Pedestrians from marching south.

By anon on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:27am.

because some property owners pay to have snow removed and others don't. It's not always the city's fault.

By anon on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:54am.

Show us where the property owner removed the street snow.

BZZZZT

By JP-nik on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:32am.

Are the sidewalks in Kendall private?

By Waquiot on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:33am.

We can't see the street in the right photo, but the clear sidewalk in the left photo is completely because the management of the property had the snow removed.

By anon on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:39am.

And who cleared the street?

By Waquiot on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 2:12pm.

You'd note that I said I cannot see the street in the Central Square photograph, so theoretically I'm going to assume that the bike lane and street are bone dry clear and that the City of Cambridge cleared it.

By anon on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 2:24pm.

Tell us who removed the street snow and the bike lane snow on the right.

By Waquiot on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 7:21pm.

And I assume that this is by a street based on the houses in the background.

I see a pile of snow without any context. Blame the photographer.

Also, the photograph on the right was shot in a residential area, while the photograph on the left was shot in a commercial area.

By Fitz on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:52am.

Tech companies pay for really good snow removal. That's probably why. Still doesn't make it ok for Central to look like that.

By RoseMai on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 12:35pm.

Agreed- I have to believe that the difference in corporate makeup between the two areas is the dividing line.

By section77 on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 3:18pm.

Not "corporate makeup". What this is is private money doing work that the City now does not have to, thereby freeing up time and money for other places. Which of course causes everyone to fret about how life is unfair.

By Ach DuLiebertarian on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 11:11pm.

If you want something done, don't count on the government to do it.

Do it your damn self.

By RoseMai on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 12:13pm.

Yes, that's my point.

By BostonDog on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 12:18pm.

On Monday night Cambridge was busy removing snow everywhere. It was being trucked away on Putnam St, Mass Ave in Harvard Sq, and Mass Ave in East Cambridge near Rt. 16. That's a whole lot of overtime and expenses.

I have no idea why they haven't remove snow from Central but they seemed to be driving it away in just about every other major roadway.

I only wish Boston would do the same. Or at least tow people who park in the road because the spot is filled with snow.

By ElizaLeila on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 1:09pm.

Did do some snow removal in the Hyde Sq area. Not the best job of it, but they were out pretty late Monday night.

By Fitz on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 1:46pm.

Boston does actively remove snow from main arteries and neighborhood centers. They've been doing it since the storm and trucking it away. The city is doing a good job there. They are failing at clearing out certain public spaces, though, like pedestrian islands or handicapped ramps.

By anon on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 1:30pm.

Because if you compare net worth of the commercial and residential companies/people in Kendall Square to the same in Central Square, then you'll have your answer.

By Gary C on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 1:38pm.

The medical area service company and Harvard and the hospitals pay to have just about every scrap of snow hauled away within a couple of days after a storm. There are no snow piles on Longwood or on the surrounding sidewalks. I bet that it's a similar deal in Kendall Sq.