On Friday, November 27th, I couldn’t help but notice a shopping cart, piled high with boxes and rubbish, blocking the sidewalk and parked right in front of the “Welcome to Des Moines” sign at Pacific Highway S. and Kent-Des Moines Road. Most likely a homeless person was using it to transport belongings, and had left it there.
On Saturday afternoon, November 28th, the cart was still there.
I drove past again on Wednesday, December 2nd. There sat the cart. By now, some of its contents were beginning to blow around the adjacent planting beds and into the street. I thought surely someone from the City would have seen this by now and at least moved it so it wasn’t blocking the sidewalk.
I happened by the location again on Saturday, December 5th. Cart intact.
Hmmm… maybe this is some sort of artwork installation… or it is replacing the boat sails as Des Moines’ new civic symbol?
If it weren’t for the fact I was running late for an appointment, I was going to go move the cart myself, out of sheer frustration that thousands of cars had been proudly welcomed to the City by a grocery cart of rubbish for over a week.
I will be driving by again this afternoon. I can’t wait to see if its still there…
Here are photos taken Saturday the 5th:
- Michael Gray
Director of Campus Services
Landmark on the Sound
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