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Hmm, it must have been some dump truck that stole 500,000 pounds of concrete and brick from the site of the future Red Hook Ikea. The Daily News reports that the leftovers after demolishing 10 Civil-War era buildings is considered a larceny by the police. The 300 cubic yards of rubble had been there for months and was intended to be used as fill; if Ikea has to buy new fill, it may be very expensive. Still, Ikea doesn't believe the missing fill will impact the projected 2008 store opening.
There have been some questions about whether the rubble at the site was toxic. The Red Hook Civic Alliance notes that since asbestos and other hazardous materials have been found at the site, there should be an investigation, but the state Department of Environmental Conservation says when it tested the fill, it was clean.
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About ten years ago a young man who had done some landscaping work for my mother in Connecticut was arrested for stealing a lawn. He had a customer (not my mother) who wanted a new lawn. Rather than pay a supplier for rolled-up turf, one night he stole a front lawn's worth of turf from another landscaper's customer.
Worse than larceny: tearing down 10 Civil-War era buildings to make a parking lot. (Cue Joni Mitchell music.)
That is insane. And he must have been dumb, because wouldn't your first suspects be the landscaper or the neighbor who has been envious of your lawn?
"The Daily News reports that the leftovers after demolishing 10 Civil-War era buildings is considered a larceny by the police."
The leftovers are considered larceny? Come on Jen - do some proof reading. A third grader could do a better job summarizing the news. jeez.
That's a wild story just enjoy it, How do you steal 500,000 pounds? Must of been a genius to accomplish that one.
Kinda off topic, but the lawn story reminded me of it - When I was growing up, someone left a huge boulder in front of a neighbor's house (fell off a truck? a prank? a landscaping company dropped it? who knows). The boulder was so huge and heavy that they were never able to move it and it is now a decorative part of their front yard.
The Daly News raises the issue of whether the rubble was merely distributed around the enormous site.
What a convenient disappearance! 500,000 pounds of toxic trash magically gone! What savings on hauling it away and mitigating the toxins!