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January 9, 2006
Life in the alley is getting boring
Bellingham, Washington is no metropolis. The "bad part" of downtown is a corner, not a neighborhood. Still, all too often we would open the back door into the alley behind our office and find something unpleasant: graffiti, trash, broken glass, or fluids of indeterminate origin.
Building codes forced us to recess doorways as part of some remodeling, creating quiet little alcoves for crime, passion, and slumber out of rain and sight.
Last year we installed a surveillance camera over the backdoor in hopes of making our little nook just a little less attractive. It worked: the very first night we captured this scene (Windows Media), in which four smokers discover the new camera and decide to move along.
In the days that followed we were entertained and outraged at our video dailies, but after installing better lights and some signs announcing the presence of the cameras the footage became pretty boring. We like it that way.
Posted by Bob Pritchett at January 9, 2006 4:00 AM
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