Sunday, August 29, 2021

About those catch basin stencils on East Village streets

We've fielded questions this month about the stenciled messages — "This is not a trash can" — that have arrived on catch basins all around the neighborhood in recent weeks. 

Like crop circles, there were too many of them, too perfect, to be any kind of, say, guerilla art project. 

Anyway, turns out the city is behind the messaging on the catch basins (aka storm drains or sewer grates). 

And thanks to Jonas for this photo ... showing a DEP worker in stenciling action the other day...
So yeah, you're not supposed to dump anything down these (cooking grease, oil, construction waste, sewage, etc.) Will the messaging deter the catch-basin dumpers?
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 29, 2021 at 12:07 PM

    I thought these were fishing holes!?!?

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2021 at 12:49 PM

    Hahahahaha !
    ( to anonymous 12:07 pm )

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  3. AnonymousAugust 29, 2021 at 2:30 PM

    You’re not supposed to feed the allgators?

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  4. AnonymousAugust 29, 2021 at 4:25 PM

    Could be alternate lyrics for This is Not a Love Song by PIL

    https://youtu.be/9BGi8u8BtaA


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  5. AnonymousAugust 29, 2021 at 8:51 PM

    Does anyone have any information on the "This Isn't Real" stencil sprays that are appearing more frequently? I see them everywhere and I have no idea what it's meant to be marketing for.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 29, 2021 at 9:26 PM

    This is not a trash can but it looks like a good place to dump some shit.

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  7. noble neolaniAugust 30, 2021 at 8:43 AM

    I had a lovely confrontation with a woman driving a sporty car with Florida plates yesterday as she opened her car door and dumped he fast food containers and wrappers in front of my building. So yes this neighborhood "is a trash can".

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  8. La vie est belleAugust 30, 2021 at 2:05 PM

    I wanted to yell at a guy in his parked car who threw a bottle of vitamin water out his window. But moments later as he was pulling out of the parking space, he hit another car. Karma took care of that one!

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