vandalism on Medford last week

[allli.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have any news on the vandalism along Medford St. in Magoun Square last week (or was it the week prior)? Nearly all the shop windows on the southern side of the street were smashed, one or two were actually violated.

I can't imagine how small establishments like the barber shop and white sport, or less walk-in customer-oriented shops like the stained glass place and g. case bakery could afford to replace all those windows. however, by now most of them have.

this disappoints me as a new resident of Somerville (and of Magoun Square); I'm not really worried about my own property so much as what this says about the treatment of community and business property.

Comments

[srl.livejournal.com]

A friend who lives near Magoun Sq had a car windshield broken with a rock overnight, but I'm not sure which night. I'm wondering whether it was the same people.

[fidgetmonster.livejournal.com]

It happened Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. I was too busy dealing with my own shit to notice if there was other vandalism that day. It was also late morning by the time I got to my car so other people parked on my block had probably already left for work.

[the-leila.livejournal.com]

I would imagine they all have insurance that covers that sort of thing, and that it's why they were able to get it taken care of quickly.

[feoh.livejournal.com]

McGouhan Square sits on a boundary between some nice and some not so nice sections of town.

It has always been one of Somerville's strengths that it is a melting pot mixing working class and even economically disadvantaged folks with the middle class and beyond.

Incidents like this are, sad to say, part and parcel of the landscape, especially when the economy gets bad and people start losing their jobs.