Some residents got a jump on the storm by reserving their spaces before shoveling, as the brick-weighted chairs on West Ninth Street illustrated.
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
Claiming a spot before shoveling? That’s not Southie
Some residents got a jump on the storm by reserving their spaces before shoveling, as the brick-weighted chairs on West Ninth Street illustrated.
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
The trash barrels, plastic crates, and lawn chairs lining the streets of South Boston yesterday morning were hardly unusual in a neighborhood famous for its you-shovel-it, you-own-it moral code in claiming curbside parking in snow storms. But there was a difference yesterday: The place-holders were out before a flake had fallen. (Full article: 611 words)
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