Robert Winters

  • 364-370 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    We had a lot of water come up in our basement again today - Dec 18 and Jan 10 - far more than we have ever had before. I understand that these were two significant rain events, but when I cleared all of the storm drains on the block (5 in all) in the early morning of the compacted leaves and debris, water shot up from the adjacent manhole suggesting capacity issues with the system that may have caused rainwater to back up into my flat roof drain and my basement. Is there any way to get a status report on the capacity of our local storm drains? I can't remember the last time anyone came by with the clamshell or if the drain in the street has ever been scoped. The fact that cars were not towed for street cleaning has led to there being far more leaves and debris on Lee Street and Broadway than I have ever seen in previous years.
  • Abandoned vehicle Được thừa nhận
    46-98 Lee St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    There is a car on Lee Street (even side) near the corner of Broadway that is clearly badly damaged and which has not moved for many weeks. Parts of the car are falling into the street and surrounding area, and the vehicle gives every indication of having been abandoned. It's a Toyota with MA plate number 4FJG45. It has an Uber tag on the back window. Please identify the owner and have the vehicle towed to an appropriate location.
  • Graffiti Đã lưu trữ
    344 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    Militant political posting at bike rack of City Hall Annex.
  • Storm drain not draining Đã lưu trữ
    Broadway Ter & Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge

    The storm drain on Broadway in front of the old Longfellow School and directly opposite from Broadway Terrace is not draining. This may not be a crucial site thanks to other nearby drains, but that storm drain was only recently worked on and it should be working as intended.

    By the way, I wish I could submit this under something like a "Sewer/Storm Drain" category rather than "Other", but I did not see such an option available.

  • 368 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    This City car has been stored at this metered spot for many days - taking away a parking space from visitors. We actually need this spot today for some drain cleaning work. No recourse. Meanwhile, there's an empty lot at City Hall Annex.
  • 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge

    I reported this on July 5:
    "In the small park adjacent to the City Hall Annex, there is a light fixture that (I believe) once functioned as uplighting for the flag in the park. There is no longer a lamp in the fixture, but there is still power, and the fixture emits a rather loud buzzing sound most of the time - perhaps from a ballast within the fixture. It would be great if this fixture could be either repaired or removed (since it doesn't appear to have been used for actual uplighting in some time)."

    This was apparently addressed by installing a light in the empty fixture, but the fixture continues to make the annoying buzzing sound most of the time when the light is operating.

    Reference:
    https://seeclickfix.com/issues/14831109

  • 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    In the small park adjacent to the City Hall Annex, there is a light fixture that (I believe) once functioned as uplighting for the flag in the park. There is no longer a lamp in the fixture, but there is still power, and the fixture emits a rather loud buzzing sound most of the time - perhaps from a ballast within the fixture. It would be great if this fixture could be either repaired or removed (since it doesn't appear to have been used for actual uplighting in some time).
  • Abandoned Bicycle Đã lưu trữ
    882 Main Street Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - The Port
    This vehicle has been locked to a sign in Lafayette Square for ages. Until very recently it was covered and appears to have been used as a personal toilet. That use was made abundantly clear a week or so ago when the contents of one of those orange buckets was dumped there - nothing but urine and feces. The Central Square BID heroes apparently cleaned up the mess, but the abandoned vehicle is still there along with the buckets. Please remove it.
  • Prospect St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - The Port
    The traffic signals at Prospect/Mass Ave and at Western/Green St. need to be adjusted to prevent Western Ave. traffic backing up across Mass. Ave. This is a problem at all times of day that frequently causes eastbound traffic on Mass. Ave. to be unable to proceed through the intersection on a green light. I understand that motorists should not be entering an intersection unless they're sure they won't be caught in the intersection, but it is a reasonable assumption that the light at Green Street should not be causing this blockage. Please adjust the signal timing at Green Street to make sure that all of the traffic can clear the Prospect/Mass. Ave. intersection.
  • 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    An alarm has been sounding for the last several hours inside the City Hall Annex building (344 Broadway, West Place (parking lot side) entrance). It's not loud, but it's there - possibly a smoke detector or fire alarm warning signal.
  • Illegal sign posting Đã lưu trữ
    41-99 Lee St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    The same Mattapan company that recently nailed their advertising to a nearby tree (and was fined) has returned and nailed their sign to a utility pole on the odd side of Lee Street close to the corner of Broadway. Please fine them again and have them remove the advertising sign. It's higher than I can reach without a ladder.
  • 353 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    There's a high-pitched sound that's been coming from an air pump at the after-school program at the old Longfellow building on Broadway for at least two hours now.
    I called the School Department.
    They connected me to Human Services.
    They told me to call the Police.
    The Police never showed up.
    Is this any way to run City programs?
    By the way, every person at the after-school program I talked to said they couldn't do anything - even though all that was needed was to unplug the pump.
  • Trees - General Inquiry Đã lưu trữ
    361-369 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    A rogue company from Mattapan has been illegally installing signs around Cambridge, including this egregious example where they nailed their advertising sign to a live City tree at the corner of Fayette Street and Broadway. The phone number and name of the company is right there on the sign. Removal of the sign is not sufficient penalty. There should be fines and a demand that they remove all of their illegally posted signs - and especially this one. Any damage to the tree should also be addressed.
  • Tree Planting Request Đã lưu trữ
    571 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - The Port
    Another dead tree in Central Square in front of VIM Fitness and near H-Mart. My hope would be that this dead tree is removed now and a new and magnificent tree is soon planted there to replace it.
  • 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    The small park adjacent to the City Hall Annex has become a minor encampment with trash strewn all around. You might think that with the Community Development Department as well as the Department of Human Services Programs as direct abutters somebody might have thought to intervene. This has been going on for a while.
  • Tree Planting Request Đã lưu trữ
    674 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    The large tree right in the heart of Central Square in front of 678 Mass. Ave. is quite dead. This location really warrants a great tree to be planted there with whatever it might take to sustain it in good health for many years.
  • Graffiti Đã lưu trữ
    366 Broadway Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    Same graffiti now all over the neighborhood. In this case it's on two consecutive meters at 364 and 366 Broadway. Same "artist" has his work now in graffiti alley.
  • Graffiti Đã lưu trữ
    Broadway & Lee St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    Same graffiti now all over the neighborhood.
  • Graffiti Đã lưu trữ
    Harvard St & Inman St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    Same vandal has been hitting a lot of locations around this neighborhood. Also now prominently featured in "graffiti alley".
  • Tree Pruning Request Đã lưu trữ
    2-4 Fayette St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-Cambridge
    The tree adjacent at the corner of the old Longfellow School at Broadway & Fayette has several dead sections that need to be pruned.