I low-key wish I could put you and @deegeese@sopuli.xyz in a jar and shake it.
In the nicest way.
Comment on local hunger games construction almost complete
Creddit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
People’s Park was a major local landmark with a long history that is well known to students, faculty, residents, and alumni. It had become a home to otherwise homeless people whose existence was inconvenient for the university’s expansion plans and an eyesore to arrogant passersby.
The park’s history includes both civil and violent disobedience, including against the university itself.
It would not be surprising to hear that, whatever is built on this lot, it is subsequently destroyed by an act of arson or other vandalism.
I am surprised they are taking the risk and making the investment at all. IMO it would have been safer to just buy some of the private properties surrounding the park instead, even at a premium.
sxan@midwest.social 5 months ago
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
It’s a controversial local issue and in my lifetime I’ve seen local opinion shift from strongly anti-University to now mostly in favor of development.
I credit this to the original activists dying of old age, combined with a younger generation that has never known the park as anything except a place where people overdose in tents.
Creddit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Haha, their take is pretty charged but it’s valid imo.
thedevisinthedetails@programming.dev 5 months ago
They’re building student and homeless housing on it and leaving half the park.
Creddit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Oh, that’s probably going to mitigate some of the risk. Hey, maybe it’ll be enough!
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
A handful of Molotov’s at night once a week during construction can make it very expensive to build something.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sugar will completely eliminate concrete’s ability to cure. A single pound of sugar can destroy an entire truck of wet cement.
Not that I’m advocating for it. But it’s laughably easy to sneak onto a site with a hardhat, safety boots and a vest, and sabotage active construction.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Neat: fritzpak.com/is-sugar-a-good-concrete-retarder/
Although I’m unsure about the pound of sugar to entire cement truck claim.
ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah, a cement truck is like 45,000 lbs of concrete, which is .002%. Apparently .06% will delay setting by 90 minutes, so it’s more like 30 pounds?
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Now i know, I remembered the MythBusters episode where they bury two pigs in concrete, I think it’s the one with Jimmy Hoffa, that will definitely discourage anyone from living in the apartments.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 5 months ago
Damn. I didn’t knew that so I did some quick research and found out, that mixing in 1% of sugar can completely stop the forming of concrete.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They’re going to molotov concrete and steel?
Cool.
Cool cool cool.
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
No, a construction site contains plenty other stuff than concrete and steel: tools, equipment, building materials, temporary buildings for the workers, cables and piping.
On top of that each time concrete gets fire damage, it gets weaker and may need to be replaced, at least core samples + weeks of analysis time + $$$ is needed to determine the damage.
And let’s say they eventually finish building the apartments, they may never stop smelling like a BBQ.
ExLisper@linux.community 5 months ago
How long would it take for the police to get involved and protect the site for free? Or do you think they would just ignore it? Does the law in USA say that if the victim of the crime is a company they have to hire private security and police is not involved?
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ya…ok…have fun with that.
AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No for the concrete you use sugar, and for the steel… I don’t know maybe jet fuel or something.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How do you figure they will get the sugar into the concrete?