Bushwick goes to the trash

Happy 2011!

The snow has begun to melt here in Bushwick, but the city's sanitation crews only resumed garbage pick-up earlier this morning. The blizzard buried the five boroughs a week ago, but trashy remains an apt word to describe Bushwick.

Snowpocalypse spawns South Station chaos

I truly never thought I would see the day when a woman would threaten to pull a knife on someone at the South Station bus terminal, but this scene played itself out earlier this morning in front of the Fung Wah booth.

I am scheduled to take a 3:20 p.m. Amtrak train to Washington, D.C., this afternoon, but this snowpocalypse that has paralyzed travel along the Northeast coast has certainly worn out its welcome. Here are some parting shots of the storm from Boston yesterday afternoon as it finally began to pull away. And nobody threatened to stab me while I took these pictures and shot this clip!



Columbus Avenue in the South End around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 27.



A sign of the season in downtown Boston.



Approaching Quincy Market.



Boston Harbor near Long Wharf.



Walking away from the Back Bay T station on the Southwest Corridor.



On the Southwest Corridor.

Snowpocalypse from the South End

While the South End slowly begins to dig out, the blizzard that has buried Boston under more than a foot of snow continues to rage.

A storm surge flooded several towns along the Massachusetts coast earlier this morning--and a fire continues to rage through an oceanfront neighborhood in Scituate that remains under several feet of water. Paul and I just dug out his car along West Canton Street here in Boston. And we saw at least three people with shovels walking through the neighborhood. It will certainly prove a lucrative day for them!



West Canton Street in Boston's South End.



Slowly digging out...



West Canton Street in Boston's South End.



WCVB's coverage of the storm.

Snowpocalypse slams Boston

I will probably remain here in Boston through Tuesday morning, but the blizzard has certainly made its presence known.

Here are some video clips and pictures I shot a few hours ago in the South End and around the Prudential Center.







Snow obscures the Hancock Tower.



Huntington Avenue from a Prudential Center sky walk.



Snow obscures the Prudential Center tower.



No deliveries at Shaw's today.

Another snowpocalypse hits Northeast

The latest snowpocalypse that has already paralyzed travel throughout the Northeast has caused this writer to become something of a snow refugee in Boston's South End.

Meteorologists here in Boston have predicted the storm will dump nearly two feet of snow on the Hub by tomorrow afternoon. Eastern Massachusetts is also expected to experience storm force winds later tonight.

New Englanders are a particularly hardy breed, but the warm Starbucks in which I am currently typing this blog provides the perfect vantage point to capture the storm as it begins to barrel down on Boston. Here is a clip and three videos I shot about 30 minutes ago.





Leaving South Station after Fung Wah canceled their service to New York City.



Hanging out at Starbucks on the corner of Tremont and West Canton Streets in Boston's South End.



A winter wonderland outside Starbucks in the South End.