As the holiday season winds down, twinkling lights are replaced by traffic ones.
The Post Road/Imperial Avenue/Myrtle Avenue intersection sports a ton of new signals (and new crosswalks). The just-installed lights are not yet activated.
Continuing the Christmas theme though, they’re red and green.
Posted in Downtown, Transportation
Tagged Imperial Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Post Road, Traffic lights
A few months ago, we learned — via an “06880” photo of shoes dangling mysteriously on telephone wires over Myrtle Avenue — that that signals drugs are available nearby. Who knew?!
So what are we to make of this latest scene, at a traffic light not far away? This was spotted — and photographed — by Bob Weingarten, at the Main Street/North Kings Highway/Myrtle Avenue intersection. (What is it with Myrtle Avenue, anyway?)
If you have any idea — or want to hazard a guess — click “Comments” below.
An alert Westporter walking his dog this morning at the Haskins preserve looked up and discovered a new definition of “shoe tree”:
Meanwhile, for weeks another pair of shoes has dangled even more mysteriously above Myrtle Avenue:
Baby, it’s cold outside. This is no time to go barefoot!
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