Saturday, March 22, 2014

With Avenue A closed today, mind the sightseeing buses!

Avenue A is closed today and tomorrow so we can take photos of large cranes (plus Con Ed is putting in a new transformer at the substation between East Fifth Street and East Sixth Street)…

So the alternate route is in effect… traffic personnel are redirecting, uh, traffic down East Fourth Street … north on Avenue B … and west on Seventh Street… which means sightseeing buses might start stalking you… Wait, no McSorley's is the other way! Stop!



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grieve! Where's the pictures of the Con Ed crane work?!
You're not going to make me go outside to see it on my own, are you? Damnit!

EV Grieve said...

I was thinking I would do a This Weekend in Photos of a Big Crane post for tomorrow!

There is one crane shot in the previous post!

Anonymous said...

The old transformer was pieced out months ago by a specialized company... (That did an excellent job I might add). Coned did that so they wouldn't inconvenience neighbors with road closures, big cranes, excessive noise, etc...

There are several transformers at this location nearing their end of life. Coned is simply upgrading the transformers to help continue reliable service to those that are fed electricity by this substation. A necessary inconvenience to keep the lights on :)