Historical October 1995 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Echoing David Garin’s concern are Don Walker and Marj Weir, both of 61XX Westminster. Walker reports seeing trucks using our dumpsters.
When Don asked one of the drivers what he was doing, the dumper unabashedly said that the dumpsters on Lindell, where he had been doing yard work, were filled, so he had come to our alley to dispose of the yard waste!
Another time a hauler backed out of the alley so that his license plate could not be seen and reported. Marj Weir reports that their ash pit was filled up with broken bricks recently and that refuse of the kind usually found in a long-neglected garage or basement was put directly behind her house in front of the sidewalk access to the alley. Living in close quarters as we do requires a consciousness and attention to the “etiquette of the alley.” Just because a dumpster is located behind some family’s house does not mean that space is the designated landfill site. Be sure to tell your contractors, tenants, and new home buyers not to abuse the services and space we share.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, October 1995.
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