February 2016

So what’s been going on at Zervas? I took these two photos from Beacon Street on January 29th. The school looks a bit different because the 4th grade classrooms of Mr Bergquist and Mr West are gone! This shot from February 3rd shows the back side of the school. I’m not sure but I think…

End of January 2016

Work on the dismantling of Zervas continues.  From January 23, a shot of the playground equipment with swings removed. This photo is looking west from Cold Spring Park and the building behind the swing set is the modular at the end of the Kindergarten hall (you can see the original brick building on the right…

New sight lines

Well, maybe someone is reading this blog or (more likely) they were planning on cutting holes in the fence in the first place. In any case, as you can see, there are now easier sight lines between Beethoven and Beacon.  Meanwhile, here’s a view from Cold Spring Park showing how the fence is closed off…

Fencing is close to the road

The fence around the Zervas building site has gone up. What surprised me is that it’s right against the street — it encompasses what used to be the sidewalk.  I wonder if there’s a safety issue here. I saw a jogger in the road on the south side of Beacon St. Also, for drivers it’s…

Frank Zervas School is fenced off

Our local elementary school, which I’ve been walking to daily for the past seven years, is getting torn down to be replaced by a new building.  I will continue to be walking by every day on my way to the dog park, so I thought I’d post a few random thoughts when they came to…