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RE: A Quick Wednesday Walk Around Mom's House
Someone tried to steal the window? HolyMoly! While your mom lived in the house? They are beautuful, but jeeze! I love your last picture very much!
Someone tried to steal the window? HolyMoly! While your mom lived in the house? They are beautuful, but jeeze! I love your last picture very much!
My dad was also still alive when that happened. I didn't write about it but the next place I lived had a gorgeous one in the front of the house that was taken. I was living on the third floor at the time and the owner was not home. I think I may have a photo somewhere of that one also.
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Never ever have I heard about people stealing parts of a house! That is absolutely crazy. I mean how much can those windows be worth hundreds? not thousands, right? And who buys the stolen merchandise? That is just bizarre!
It isn't as prevalent as copper theft and most is done by drug addicts. This is in Baltimore City where I lived most of my life. They sell them to antique shops or anyone willing to buy them for cheap. Here are a couple links that mention that kind of theft here. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/860360/Stained-glass-unsacred-to-thieves.html and http://www.oldhouseweb.com/blog/architectural-theft/.
It is scary and down right dusgusting!
I absolutely agree Melinda! I believe most of it if not all stems from the heroin addiction which is a serious problem in many places here and especially Baltimore City. I'm sure some is also just people stealing for the money. It is hard and sad to see some of the things happening to the area I grew up in and around.