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Havin' a snooze in March |
Some
homeless folks have set up camp on the south side of Powell Boulevard in the railway underpass between 16th and 18th. They've been there for a while now, tucked up in the walkway between the chain link fence and the concrete wall, about 10 feet above the street. It's a noisy place. Powell is a busy thoroughfare and the noise of the traffic is amplified by the concrete. But at least it is dry, I suppose.
Back in March, as I walked through, camera in hand, a toothless old
crone angrily informed me that it was illegal to take her picture. She
shook out a dusty sleeping bag as she spoke.
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A common enough sentiment, I warrant |
About a month later, when next I passed through, someone (the old crone seems an unlikely suspect) had scrawled
graffiti of a political bent on the walls. No one was "home" at the time. But the gear piled against the concrete indicated that folks would be back shortly.
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Urban campsite |
The black crayon scrawls had a distinctly anarchic flavor
--leading me to wonder if these are perhaps diaspora from the
Occupy protest last year.
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Angry Occupiers? |
There were plenty of homeless folks in
Lownsdale Park at the height of the protest and they all went somewhere.
I find it interesting that Occupy slogans are still floating around on the street.
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