The Boston Fire Department reports a person fell through a hollow sidewalk outside the Bethlehem Healing Temple Church at 428 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall around 11 p.m. on Friday. Read more.
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Hollow sidewalks
By adamg - 11/14/21 - 12:18 pm
If one were a pessimist, one might think it's not a good thing that there's a crack in the sidewalk on Devonshire Street near Water through which you can peer down into the State Street T stop, or maybe the basement of the building it's next to: Read more.
By adamg - 3/2/20 - 9:38 am
No loitering allowed in Flavortown, on account of all the hollow sidewalks.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Explorateur on Tremont Street, in the Masonic Temple building with the giant beaver logo and the hollow-sidewalk warning, is closing today to make room for two Guy Fieri outlets, one a restaurant with "New England influences," the other a place that specializes in chicken tenders. Read more.
By adamg - 10/2/13 - 3:10 pm
Burned out hollow sidewalk. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports a lit cigarette butt started a fire in the wooden beams that hold up a hollow sidewalk outside 140 Boylston St. shortly after 2 p.m.
This is a hollow sidewalk supported at points by wooden floor joists. A small hole in the sidewalk received a cigarette butt.
The joists caught fire. Firefighters used their sledge hammer to open up the sidewalk to get at the fire and extinguish it
No injuries. Some smoke in the basement. Public Works called to bring steel plate to cover hole for now.
So now we know why you can't park on a hollow sidewalk: You might fall through into a bottomless abyss.
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