For the past few days, there have been rectangular posts
popping up on Seventh Avenue around Third Street.  It wasn't clear what
their purpose was.  Today I came upon a man painting one of those
posts.  He told me that these posts were the base for the MuniMeters
which are going to be installed on Seventh Avenue.  Once they are in,
he said, the older parking meters will be removed.

–Eliot Wagner