The Mysterious Case of the 7th Street Paperwork
Eric Richardson
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — If you're into identity theft you might want to hurry up and head over to 7th street, where it would appear that a bunch of documents headed for the shredder have found their way onto the sidewalk. Random paperwork litters the street from Hope to Olive, and a cursory inspection showed a good number of ATM receipts along with at least a couple California tax documents.
I joked about identity theft above, but this is actually pretty serious. I didn't look too closely, but I'd be pretty shocked if the documents out there don't have social security numbers and other sensitive information on them.
One more photo after the jump...
L.A. guy on September 19, 2007, at 12:59AM – #1
Hey wait I see a confession written by O.J.
dev on September 19, 2007, at 02:22AM – #2
yeah i noticed that this afternoon too and was wondering what that was all about.
Anon on September 19, 2007, at 07:57AM – #3
OJ confessed. They squeezed it out of him this morning.
edgycated on September 19, 2007, at 10:11AM – #4
another mystery to look into: whats up with all the dead birds on the sidewalks? i was at the cal bank and trust bldg on hope and there were like 20 dead birds (finchs is think) lying dead right in front of the building, almost as if they had all ran into it. friends in other buildings had the same story.
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on September 19, 2007, at 10:15AM – #5
edgycated: It wouldn't surprise me if that's exactly what happened. Have you seen the massive clouds those birds will get into above Downtown? I could easily see them catching the light wrong and barreling into the side of the building.
Whitman Lam on September 19, 2007, at 10:15AM – #6
Dead Birds are very common in big cities with Skyscrapers. Finches, pigeons, and sparrows often fly in clusters. They crash into glass skyscrapers because they can't see them and fall to the ground... very tragic.
Melanie on September 20, 2007, at 08:19PM – #7
Man the birds are crazy! They've been ending up in our apartment all week! Yikes!
L.A. guy on September 20, 2007, at 09:20PM – #8
Dead Birds are very common in big cities with Skyscrapers. Finches, pigeons, and sparrows often fly in clusters. They crash into glass skyscrapers because they can't see them and fall to the ground... very tragic.
I searched the Internet to find out more about this, if anybody can find a link please post it.
Is it possible they are dying because of what the birds breathe, birds are very sensitive to toxic gases, birds used to be used by miners as gas-detectors (dead bird = run)?
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on September 21, 2007, at 12:04AM – #9
I'm pretty sure it is just them running into things. Check out Bert Green's post from today with video of crazy swarms of birds around the Rosslyn.
Ed Fuentes on September 21, 2007, at 12:24AM – #10
After working in a tower, I noticed birds hitting glass when the sky was brightly reflecting off the windows
urban memo on September 23, 2007, at 06:40PM – #11
speaking of birds..
i recently seen around town single bloody bird wings on streets and sidewalks. (with no one winged bird or bird splatterings within eye shot distance of the solitary wings).
Annette on September 24, 2007, at 04:58AM – #12
Did anyone that saw the documents take the time to call the DCBD and wait the short time it takes them to get there? There could have been a document with your name on it.