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GOOD Magazine: Skid Row Part 1: Introduction
I watched 4 of this 5 part series today about Skid Row in Los Angeles as inspiration for some documentary style videos I want to shoot around Saskatoon. And then I read this article posted yesterday on the Los Angeles Times website entitled:
Los Angeles Skid Row Cleanup Nets Nearly 5 Tons of Refuse. And I think it’s bad cleaning up some of our suites after hoarders move out:
Los Angeles Skid Row Cleanup Nets Nearly 5 Tons of Refuse. And I think it’s bad cleaning up some of our suites after hoarders move out:
In all, nearly five tons of trash and more than 81 cubic yards of wastewater were collected from six miles of roadway and sidewalks between 5th and 7th streets and Gladys Avenue and Wall Street, said Michelle Vargas, a spokeswoman for the city Department of Public Works. The haul included soiled mattresses, sofas, wheelchairs and portable commodes.
City workers also removed 278 hypodermic needles, 94 syringes, 60 razor blades, 10 knives, 11 items of drug paraphernalia and a stash of marijuana, Vargas said. Most of the needles were recovered from San Julian Street, between 6th and 7th, an area where police say drug dealers and their clients congregate.
Two 5-gallon buckets of feces and three similar-sized buckets of urine were found in a nearby block of 6th, where a more entrenched homeless encampment had formed, Vargas said.
Um, whoa. Time for some more public washrooms LA.
