People who walk in the Heights know there are stretches of really good and also pretty rough sidewalks. "I think it's dangerous," Heights resident Leslie Gudigis said. Gudigis is 70 years old.

So when CenterPoint installed a power pole, blocking one of the sidewalk ramps at the intersection of W. 13th and Shepherd, Gudigis couldn't believe it. "I don't appreciate their lack of awareness ...