A frozen week of weather in Boston is creating a danger from above. Long icicles are falling and causing a hazard for people using the snow-covered sidewalks.
“I just keep looking up and trying to avoid it,” said Suzanna Walters as she walked her dog. “We walk in the street as much as we can, although with the dog it’s little dicey to do that.”
The iconic brownstones in Boston’s South End have become a breeding ground for heavy ice daggers. On part of Milford Street, the city came and placed caution tape in an area where big ice chunks fell.
“Yeah, it’s tricky. It’s precarious absolutely. With these sidewalks as they are it is already sort of perilous,” said Gabe Aranovic, a Milford Street neighbor. “I am pretty concerned, especially about older folks.”…