When inclement winter weather hits Boston, one of the more contentious pain points for residents and city officials is parking space savers. Some residents are prone to putting some kind of object on the street as a declaration of their dominion over a street space, and Winter Storm Juno was no exception.
Mayor Marty Walsh held multiple press conferences to keep Bostonians updated on the blizzard conditions and the city’s snow removal operations. For almost every single one, he was questioned about space savers.
At first he was rather accommodating, noting that those people who “spend 10 hours” shoveling snow can have their space for a couple of days. On Wednesday, though, frustration appeared to mount.
“Let me just say this about space savers,” said Mayor Walsh. “Neighbors in Boston should treat each other with respect… this gets blown out of proportion every year.”
While the mayor may think the topic of space savers gets blown out of proportion, so too do the actual space savers themselves:
Parking is getting serious in Boston #juno2015 #Blizzard2015 @stoolpresidente @davidwade @BreeSison @LisaWBZ pic.twitter.com/PkwajRe6jn
— Mark Donovan (@mdboston10) January 29, 2015
Sweet #spacesaver bro.. #Blizzard2015 pic.twitter.com/LD13Ztleor
— Will Boyle (@williamboyle) January 26, 2015
A cot marks the spot in one parking space in #Southie. #wbz #wbznews pic.twitter.com/JauZuuiTql
— kim tunnicliffe (@KimWBZ) January 28, 2015
#BOSnow parking space savers, Charlestown, ranked … #2: Cones & chains: pic.twitter.com/3kd3JSkKk3
— Alex E. Weaver (@alexeweaver) January 28, 2015
The North End has parking savers too #BOSnow pic.twitter.com/FISZqH0DkX
— Nick DeLuca (@NickDeLuca1) January 29, 2015
Found tossed aside. Nice try. #Boston #Blizzardof2015 pic.twitter.com/C4Y3csRpQr
— Yiqing Shao (@yiqing_shao) January 29, 2015
