Shortly after the city announced 63 temporary sites for residents to drop off garbage while municipal workers strike, alarming images of one Center City spot began circulating.
Trash bags had piled on the curb of 18th and Catharine streets, abutting cars and spilling onto the grassy patch of sidewalk, by Tuesday — as seen in a Reddit post. Then, even as a dumpster materialized to hold litter, it filled so quickly that garbage overflowed into the street and sidewalk. A TikTok that amassed over 1.5 million views revealed a small mountain of bags and boxes soaking in the summer rain Wednesday.
By Thursday afternoon, however, the dumpster had moved. A sign posted outside the intersection, right by the gates of Marian Anderson Recreation Center, read: “The dumpster has been moved to 18th & Fitzwater. Do not put trash here!”…