The bomb may have been placed in the tree well.
The picture above (and at post 56) shows 2 investigators kneeling next to a "tree well." A tree well is a gap in a concrete sidewalk that allows a tree to grow. In this case the gap is rectangular. The well is commonly covered with a steel grate (at sidewalk level) with empty space below to allow for drainage. In this case, a rectagular grate is in two sections. One section has been removed and is on the sidewalk behind the right-hand kneeling investigator. The other section is still in place.
Many tree wells contain drainage pipes, electical junction cavities, or other crevices that could contain a bomb.