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_blanks_ t1_ja1lfx1 wrote

Reply to Question about Richmond International by The-Potion-Seller

Took an international flight into dc where my bags never made it to the connecting flight to RIC. The one thing that stood out to me was the small little office space the airline had for bag issues and the pile of unclaimed luggage that had accumulated just sitting in front of the office unsupervised and not secured. Any rando could have had their pick of free luggage that day.

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DeepTry9555 t1_ja1les1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Super cool building on Broad. Does anyone know what it’s for? by Shush808

Their are no accessible rooms in the tower. In fact the entire top floor is a facade and houses all the hvac machinery. The steeple is mostly hollow. The clock faces are cool from the outside but the guts have replaced by a wholly unimpressive modern drive. Cool fact, in the spire some signatures from the original construction in the late 1800s and early 1900s are still legible on the walls. Got a bunch of pictures if you’d like to see them! Been working on this project for 3 years now!

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oddistrange t1_ja1ieq7 wrote

Reply to comment by a_real_tomato in Super cool building on Broad. Does anyone know what it’s for? by Shush808

That's not paint, it's just the way the metal oxidized over time. Not a metal doctor but it could be that it was plated and the physical deformation (it being bent) ruined the integrity of the plating, could be that during the attempt to free the body tools were used on it and that damaged it in some fashion that altered how it oxidized.

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nartarf t1_ja1gvx3 wrote

Reply to comment by StayPuftMrshmalloMan in Richmonders concerned about slow police response, long 911 wait times; safety departments understaffed by choicebutts

The police don’t solve crimes very well. Most all types of reported crimes are below a 50% clearance rate. murders are around 60% Been that way a while. Some would say the also don’t really prevent crime either. So to recap… the police don’t stop, solve or prevent crime. Go ahead and steal from corporations they’re not people.

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