Thanks To DPW and PMUA

For several days, Lot 7 next to our building has served as a staging area for tree removal after the storm(s).

Public Works trucks have dumped off loads of logs and branches and then PMUA has provided 30-yard containers to be filled up and taken away for disposal. A worker from Oveter's Construction has used a big front-end loader to lift the debris and dump it in the container. When a big log lands in the container, the impact makes our whole building shake.

So all along, the containers have been placed on our side of Lot 7. But a really loud crash that really rattled the building Thursday made me call the Public Works yard to make a simple request: Could the 30-yard containers be placed on the other side of the lot?

I got Marie Davis on the phone and as if by magic, the next container was rolled off on the other side. It wasn't any less noisy, but the distance dampened the vibrations that were making us jump. Our building was the family home of one of the city's original council members before it was converted to six apartments, so it is about 143 years old. The shock of those big crashes can't be good for it. The impact reminded me of the time the Park-Madison lot was compacted by lifting huge weights and dropping them (click on "animations" for example).

Thanks to all who helped us out on this matter.

My neighbor was especially affected by having the big containers right outside her sun porch until PMUA started rolling them off on the other side of the city parking lot. She appreciated the change.

--Bernice