Sidewalk Closed

East Villagers are familiar with sidewalk traffic being hampered by abandoned furniture, but it's not very common to see the sidewalk closed due to it!

That seemed to have been the case here on East 4th Street at Avenue D, oh, about eleven days ago:

Sidewalk closed.

It turns out that the sidewalk was closed because of construction!

Construction.

A short two days later, here is the result:

The result.

Here is a close-up of the new wheelchair ramp:

Wheelchair ramp.

Don't want to get too fancy — it wouldn't be the East Village if it were too fancy!

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