continual dismantle-lation

happily for residents, and luckily, successfully, the fountain in washington square now lines up with the arch (we'd hate to have the city redo it AGAIN) . . however, i suppose there is still something rotten in the square, as they began dismantling the iron fences surrounding the playground on the east side. it was rather surreal watching the itsy bitsy machine popping up the cement supports and pushing planters aside . . you don't really notice there IS a person operating it . . you just see a cranky little thingamabob whizzing around like a cartoon robot . .