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The Secret Life of Newspaper Boxes

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By Patrick

Things we learned afer reading Huan Hsu’s excellent story on newspaper boxes in the latest Washington City Paper.

  • So prevalent are the Employment Guide boxes that they actually make a guest appearance in “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.” Awesome.

  • “[T]hey are broken into and knocked over. They are stacked to create makeshift housing structures. Their cavities are sometimes filled with nesting material for small animals. They serve as bulletin boards for bands, activists, and anarchists. They are stolen by college kids.
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