Lost Corner

This corner was the scene of last year’s arborcide, which of course was for the ill-conceived, in my humble opinion, widening of Christopher Columbus. I just think it is short sighted to encourage driving. But now it seems the widening of the street means we lost a corner. Look how odd this looks. There corner of the side walk ends before the stop light. Pedestrians have to step off the curb, then step to the stop light while waiting for the light to change. On our stop lights there are buttons to press if you are crossing the street, they change the light to green. I do not think they actually function, but pressing them softens the edges of impatience. I wonder if the plan is to leave the stop light in this position or somehow move it to the proper place in the corner of the sidewalk. Doesn’t this look somewhat hazardous? This corner is rampant with illegal parking, not exactly uncommon in our fair city. No parking here to corner is the rule of thumb. Now, where do they illegal park and where do people walking across the street wait for the light to change? Looks like some poor planning, or maybe the budget ran out before the stop light post was moved. Maybe it’s only temporary. Sure looks like we lost a corner, where is the corner at the light or the curb?