Space-saver wars: City picks them up, residents just put out new ones

From Tuesday through Thursday of this week, Boston's 311 system received 753 complaints about space savers, including this one from Russell Street in Charlestown:

PWD had taken the space savers away earlier however people have put out new ones

The city responded:

We are continuing to remove space savers both DPW and Sanitation. We both are trying to get them all and will continue to do so. Thank you for your patience! -

The city used the same response for dozens of other complaints - often accompanied by before and after photos of streets in time of snow wars - although in the case of the Russell Street complaint, it added a photo of pickup loaded with space savers:

A resident urged fast action at Burt and Washington streets in Dorchester:

Constituent reports there has been a war on her street over space savers and she'd like them all picked up to end it once and for all.

A resident of Holworthy Street in Roxbury pleaded for similar action:

chairs, tables, cones, barrels, constituents don't believe ban is over and are fighting for spaces. Could turn violent.

One resident of East 3 Street in South Boston complained about getting unfairly blamed for moving a neighbor's space saver:

i not move her space saver, she spoke to me very angrily accusing me that i did! Parked anyway but now the barrells are back after leaving.

People who depend on help from others complained, as did one resident of Ruthven Street in Roxbury:

Constituent is elderly and her nurse can't come to her house and help her.

At least one Dorchester resident filed a complaint about the people filing complaints:

All these people complaining about space savers. If your ass was out there shoveling for several hours after working 10 hours a day. U would have a space saver too! Stop the complaining already!

Ed. note: Yes, the map at the top cuts off the southern third of the city. Not a slight; just there were relatively few complaints from there.