Another Allston Traffic Signal Box

That I like

This one at the corner of Harvard St. & Comm Ave.

"VLY" traffic control box on North Harvard

Some really nice work by VLY, much better than any of the other boxes I'm familiar with in Allston/Brighton.

A Little more Allston

Top to bottom

Hurricane Irene in Allston

Some shots of damage after the storm.

Lincoln Street Green Strip

There was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lincoln Street Green Strip (which I wrote about previously) today.

Here's some photos I took of it last week.

In my mind, the noteworthy aspects include that it:

• Is a significant improvement


• Reflects community input


• Came in in budget (apparently)


• Is designed to be low maintenance (mostly volunteer, if I understand correctly).

I think the latter is especially important during the inevitable times of stress on the city's budget (like now).
Here's the artists' description

Farthest Allston

Sometimes my travels take me into other sections of Allston, even venturing beyond the Mass Pike!

In one of my walks a few months ago I found this amazing vent that appeared to have fallen off of a building.

It served as a good basis for some Photoshop work.

This final image is as is -- no Photoshop.

Installation Art? ATM??

You decide (I can't)

I know I could go in and ask (there is a conduit leading back into the building), but I'm enjoying the ambiguity.

This is one of the oddest things I have seen in Allston in a while, and whatever its intention, strikes me as a pretty profound commentary.

Allston Landscaping

There's a new landscaping project going in at the intersection of Royal and Lincoln streets in Allston (kmz file).It appears to be part of the North Allston Open Space and
Public Realm Greening Plan. This is very cool, given that the plot previously was "unkept" at best.

These are in process photos, I will put up completed photos in a later post.

Here's a view up Royal St.

Looking down onto Royal St.

plus a few shots of the installation.

Even though I talked one of the members of the team that are doing this I forgot her name (I'm awful with names). If you read this and want to be credited/linked to let me know -- I would like to give credit where credit is due.

This is a very cool addition to the neighborhood.

Green Bicycle

Thanks to whoever did this green bicycle in Allston.

I pass it almost every day and I enjoy seeing it.