In case you weren’t aware of it, summer is breeding season for rats. Nothing gets our subterranean neighbors moving around like construction. So when I saw this article in the Village Voice it got me thinking about what unique form of hell the folks on this block of Ludlow are and have been going through. I wonder how many of these type of stories might start creeping up as the credit crunch hits home and the city starts cutting services. Here is an excerpt:
Frustrated neighbors have watched as the almost-finished building at 179 Ludlow fell into disrepair, with an illegal sidewalk shed jutting so far out into the street that trucks traveling down Ludlow get wedged between it and another shed across the street. In the abandoned building itself, rats have taken over, and a 2,000-square-foot retail space that could have brought in $25,000 a month is now ankle-deep in rat shit.
Amazing tale of high end condomania gone terribly wrong. With the amount of restaurants in the vicinity it seems like an almost perfect storm for a major infestation.
A bit of advice for all the young hipsterettes of Ludlow clutching those teacup chihuahuas:
trade em in for one of these eastern european terrier mutts, you’re gonna need one.
Bravo Rexi! Bravo
2 responses so far ↓
1 Jeff H. // Jul 8, 2008 at 11:50 am
Makes me wish for a Daisy Red Rider, though santa sayes I’ll shot my eye out.
2 Jill // Jul 8, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Rats never left the city, and the infestations haven’t stopped either, you just aren’t paying attention. Now they are just showing up where the rich people are digging. Check out any neighborhood garden and find the holes, and from there you will find many nice hiding place for rats, who are burrowers by nature. Go into the basement of your favorite restaurant that you thought was so clean and nice, and I guarantee, you will find more.
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