Only in NYC

[spartacus53]

Leave it to Letterman to spoof NYC's idea of having dumpster pools in Manhattan. This was an actual news story about a week ago, stating that the parks department would be dropping what are called dumpster pools at various locations in NYC. The first set of real pools will be dropped on the west side around 44th street.

 

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[Dano Sverige]

I think it's a great idea to promote having live bodies in dumpsters instead of just dead ones!

 

[spartacus53]

I think it's a great idea to promote having live bodies in dumpsters instead of just dead ones!

Yeah, not too many bodies are recovered from the dumpsters in NYC nowadays. The East River is still a pretty heavy dumping ground though. I remember when I was living in Brooklyn, NY there was a pretty large area of swamp and wooded land that ran east out towards Long Island. For some reason developers decided to finally use that land to build a large mall complex and construction was delayed every week recovering bodies. If I am not mistaken the last body count I knew about was somewhere in the 20's

This was a favorite dumping ground for the "Gambino Family", as it was right in the middle of Gotti's turf Queens, and that of Roy De Mayo (Murder Machine) Brooklyn. The DeMeo crew murdered at least 70 people between 1973 and 1983. I am pretty sure that Gotti used this area as well, since it was hidden from view in many areas.

Ahhh, the good old history of NYC

 

[DigginThePast]

I think it's a great idea to promote having live bodies in dumpsters instead of just dead ones!

 

[spartacus53]

I tell you that the floating garbage had me rolling, that was a great touch. Again, this would happen only in NY, what a hell of a city