Gothamist: MIA From Red Hook Ikea Site: Tons of Rubble

pickles

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:06:51 -0500

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!

smitty

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:51:40 -0500

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.

Robbie

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:35:07 -0500

That's a wild story just enjoy it, How do you steal 500,000 pounds? Must of been a genius to accomplish that one.

expostfacto

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:19:27 -0500

"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.

Jen

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:49:08 -0500

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?

Atomische

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:47:25 -0500

Worse than larceny: tearing down 10 Civil-War era buildings to make a parking lot. (Cue Joni Mitchell music.)

Peter

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:24:34 -0500

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.