Hobo on the Manhattan Bridge officially got the boots His small but impressive dwelling Tuesday — The city reportedly needed an electrician to turn off the power he had in his hut before the workers dismantled it.
Street Denizen Living unpaid in the city’s most spectacular river views, he was around when a temporary hut beside a historic span bike path was destroyed and debris was put into a cart. It didn’t seem to be, said Mohammed Ali, a local fruit seller.
“Around noon, a garbage truck was pulled up, three medics came out, and two police cars were pulled up,” said Queens Ali, 32, who was selling fruit at nearby Forsyth Street. Told. Manhattan at that time.
“The sanitary people started right away. They broke everything really quickly, and they just broke it all. [were] Throw [it into] Behind the truck, and everyone left, “Ali said.
The structure was firmly anchored in an illegal place, requiring city workers to use a hammer to defeat it. Also, Ministry of Transport employees had to climb part of the bridge at some point to increase the traction to pull the roof. ..
DOT also had to call an electrician because the hut seemed to be sucking power from the bridge’s electrical box and had to safely cut the wires before the hut was completely knocked down. reported by amNewYork.
All that remained where the hut was was a bicycle key and two plastic retractable blades, but after the hobel was removed, the remaining wires hung from the metal box on the bridge. Was there.
According to an exclusive photo posted on Monday, the wanderer’s 16-square-square food structure consisted of plywood and paperboard, providing a sleeping area and a kitchen area.
The hut had a “sink” area where homeless men stored staples such as jiffy peanut butter, sardines, cola and orange juice.
A Chinese man who looks like his 50s or 60s, the vagrant decorated the space with colorful ABC posters and mirrors.
He entered and exited an illegal stray house through a small plywood door secured by a bicycle key.
Hobo confirmed that he was an elephant ifan and said he became homeless after the rent of the apartment soared.
Ali praised the dismantling of the hut.
“The city needs to do this,” the vendor insisted. “These guys are unpredictable. Sometimes they care about their own business, but sometimes they go to coo-coo.
He said a few months ago:
“They don’t bother me, but they scare many people,” he said.
He said Ifan “lived next to me here.
“But when all the other homeless people appeared, he moved there [where Ali is}. Now there is a guy living in his old spot” near the vendor.