Showing posts with label Williams Plumbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Williams Plumbing. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Remembering Matt Brewer, bidding Williams Plumbing an affectionate farewell and beseeching City Hall to give a damn about public safety.

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One year ago yesterday , Matt Brewer was struck and killed NOT by a minivan, as stated in this article, but by a DRIVER. Apparently the...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

In America, automobile supremacy means we walk less, but we die more. Evidently we want it that way.

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Having been to Europe numerous times, and at the risk of generalizing, the basic difference is that most European countries put the brake...
Monday, May 20, 2019

GREEN MOUSE SAYS: They're still illegally parked, but finally those Williams Plumbing safety hazards have been removed from Spring Street.

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I've been outspoken about this situation for quite some time, and summarized the case in this post from February 9, 2019. And like...
Saturday, February 09, 2019

And like a blight neighbor, Williams Plumbing is there ... for years, and years, and years.

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Same shit, different year. The point is simple. Shouldn't a business like this one located in a primarily residential area be compelle...
Friday, September 07, 2018

How the Williams Plumbing trucks block vision at 9th & Spring -- a pictorial.

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These three photos were taken sequentially at around 9:25 p.m. on Thursday, September 6. In the first photo, from a vantage point on the nor...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

This outrage against innovative public art must be avenged -- or, what happened to the Williams Junk Water Heater Park?

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What a difference five months makes. July 20 Oops, ESNA's done it again ... with this intriguing instance of neighborhood placemak...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Oops, ESNA's done it again ... with this intriguing instance of neighborhood placemaking.

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Think of it as a companion piece, conceptual-art-wise.
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Selective public safety interpretations, volume the infinity.

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I see a detour sign on the left side, but not the right. Hmm. Still nothing. Wait -- there it is. You just couldn't see it ...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Some weekend housekeeping.

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The NA 1st link finally has appeared at the city's web site, providing an answer to the question we asked here:  Does it really take mon...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Marginally less to deplore.

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We've been watching the Williams Plumbing building for a while, and a few days ago, the old wretched siding started coming off ......
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Better yet: More to Deplore.

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Yesterday at Facebook , Board of Public Works member Suellen Wilkinson wrote: This has been before BOW before. The guy just won't ...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Great moments in NA non-enforcement: The Williams Plumbing Corner.

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The photos above were taken within the past few days, but the inexorably decaying building and the chronically unaddressed intersectio...
Friday, October 28, 2011

The plumber with the incriminating photos?

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Imagine the money it's taken to get this Spring Street home looking so great. It's a showplace. You'll notice a curtain on the p...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Today's OSIN column: "Municipal dysfunction sweeping prohibited."

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BEER MONEY: Municipal dysfunction sweeping prohibited. By ROGER BAYLOR Local Columnist Yesterday was Wednesday, and Wednesday is street swee...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Northeast corner of Spring and Ninth.

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The siding's been off for more than a year, and the when the big fleet vehicles are parked on either side of the corner, it's a si...
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