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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Crime Vandals Trash Volunteer Park Conservatory

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:10 PM

Seattle Police are investigating several recent incidents of vandalism at Volunteer Park.

Officers were called to the Volunteer Park conservatory on March 3rd after staff reported that someone had thrown a brick through the front door and tipped over several large clay planters—using two metal fence posts, which were also ripped out of the ground—causing about $4,000 worth of damage. The three-foot-wide planters, the report says, ""would have taken a great deal of effort to topple."

Police reviewed the conservatory's security tapes and found that the vandalism had taken place around midnight. The report says there was "no apparent reason for the vandalism"

Two weeks ago, police were also called to Volunteer Park after someone tore up a fence and threw pieces into a pond at the park.

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Photo via volunteerparkconservatory.org

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why should the republicans even get their own special building that liberals as well as conservators have to pay for? id be embarrassed to call it a conservatory if it wasnt paid for by free enterprise

Posted by Go away! 'Batin'! on March 5, 2009 at 2:17 PM

I blame skatepunks.

And Ambien.

Posted by NapoleonXIV on March 5, 2009 at 2:33 PM

Dear vandals: you are shit human beings. I hope you get dengue fever and then run over by a bus just at the moment you're starting to feel a little better.

Posted by Fnarf on March 5, 2009 at 2:34 PM

Why bother to have the Woodland Park Zoo...you can just drive your car through Jungle Habitat.

Posted by zootopia@slog.com on March 5, 2009 at 2:35 PM

Argh! This pisses me off SO much. That place is beautiful and one of the best places to spend those shitty winter days. Wandering around amongst the orchids and cacti has gotten me through many times when I was about 2 seconds from telling this city and its rainy ass weather to go fuck themselves. Goddamn kids... Don't make me sit my angry ass out front so I can beat those goddamn nogoodnicks to death with a broomstick cuz I SO will!

Posted by Queen of Sleaze on March 5, 2009 at 2:38 PM

#2 - there's nothin' to skate over there. I blame snowboarders.

Posted by Dougsf on March 5, 2009 at 2:39 PM

http://volunteerparkconservatory.org/mem…

If you're pissed off, you can help them by signing up for a membership. They start at $35.

Posted by JC on March 5, 2009 at 2:44 PM

i'm going to go with Octomom and her brood...

they're topical.

Posted by michael strangeways on March 5, 2009 at 2:55 PM

This is why we can never have nice things.

Posted by I'm VERY Disappointed In You on March 5, 2009 at 3:04 PM

There's been an uptick in random vandalism all around the north end of Capitol Hill. Our house got hit (rock through window). Houses around the corner were tagged, people have had things like trees with branches broken, etc.

Not sure if it's just anecdotal, but it feels crappy to deal with.

Posted by jcricket on March 5, 2009 at 3:30 PM

really they should consider cutting off the hands and balls of these fucking bastards. this is just too much. we need to start pre-emptively kicking the shit out of people who fuck our neighborhood up before the proceed any further

Posted by blah on March 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM

PITBULLS HIGH ON FOIE GRAS!

Posted by gay buttsex priests on March 5, 2009 at 3:53 PM

This vexes me. I am vexed.

Posted by Gillian Anderson on March 5, 2009 at 4:20 PM

What pigs.

Posted by Gurldoggie on March 5, 2009 at 4:21 PM

I thought that conservatory was just a greenhouse.

Posted by Matt N on March 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM

This clearly calls for a candlelight vigil and protest march.

Posted by kai on March 5, 2009 at 4:49 PM

It has long been my fantasy to have vandals and taggers sentenced to tatooing with something obnoxious, like lists of stock quotations from the Wall Street Journal.

Posted by fed up on March 5, 2009 at 4:53 PM

hey, fed up @17:

"You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear. "

Posted by Peter Gibbons on March 5, 2009 at 5:49 PM

I blame density.

Posted by Hey, I'm Growing Over Here! on March 5, 2009 at 6:18 PM

Teenagers.

Posted by Damien on March 5, 2009 at 7:48 PM

@1: I'm sure you think your wit is a speed bump on the way to this comments section, but even the most incongruous posts after you show you are just the bug on the windshield...

Posted by Vlad on March 6, 2009 at 3:04 AM

I'm not really sure how the Conservatory is republican...I think the first comentor has some serious/hard to pronounce issues. I'm liberal and I've volunteer and enjoyed the conservatory for over 4 years. I don't really see how conservation and education have EVER been republican in the modern era--Teddy Roosevelt does not count. My question to Go away! 'Batin'! is are you the vandal? Because that sounds like the kind of crazy crap a vandal would say...

Posted by plantgrrl on March 19, 2009 at 5:01 PM