This time of year, it is hard to avoid seeing this sort of scene. Houston Street, half a block away, has been under construction for years now, although my strip of it has been fairly intact lately. But just this week, they ripped up the pavement on my block so it could be resurfaced for some unknown, unnecessary, reason. And, typically, since none of the services communicate with each other, Con Edison had dug up a huge crater on the corner for some unending repair work, so now the repaving has to wait until they're done and the street is a mess again. Ah yes, Wabi-Sabi, but man-made.