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Ends up that it was NOT the valve that was broken. When they last laid the sidewalk (40+ years ago) they covered the shut off valve to my house which is right beside the shut off valve for my neighbours. In other words they had been shutting off my neighbours water when they came out. Managed to...

I was going to write in this space that everything went well and to thank everyone but as it turns out the municipal valve is also broken so that needs to be fixed before I can do my repair. Thanks anyways!

Cutting one of the pipes then soldering in a union makes sense. Or did you mean a different kind of union? Thanks again.

The picture doesn't show it but the fitting is between the meter and the floor making soldering difficult but not impossible. I take it that attempting to melt the solder holding the lower pipe in place isn't going to work?

I'm looking to replace the main shut-off valve in my home with a ball valve as the existing fitting does not properly shut off the water flow. The existing shut-off valve appears to be a threaded female-female fitting. I've found lots of guides on how to replace a male-male fitting but not this...