Submitted by Shaunnnniii t3_zzfiky in baltimore
Was in the chick-fil-a parking lots and saw a lot of cop cars (7 at least) show up. Seemed like one stopped at the Truist?
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whereismom t1_j2d90az wrote
Worst parking lot!
TerranceBaggz t1_j2e0glz wrote
It’s just terrible land use in general. Guess that’s what we get when a petroleum company leases a chunk of land for over half a century and leaves it toxic.
CaptainObvious110 t1_j2ebwed wrote
Exactly. That land is very close to the water. One would expect it to be really valuable land that would be much better utilized.
Harbor point is being built on with little problem despite it's history so why can't the same be the case for Canton Crossing?
That target should have been two stories and more stores added as well so that it becomes a place to chill and shop.
Across Boston street should be taller buildings and more restaurants that are actually sit down establishments. Basically a denser space than what's there now.
PostPunkBurrito t1_j2dkwr7 wrote
Why more so than robbing a bank anywhere else?
crusader86 t1_j2dv4dw wrote
No easy way out if escaping by vehicle? Traffic there is a mess.
sxswnxnw t1_j2e1ujm wrote
Bingo. Like how tf did they even escape? If imma rob a bank, let me be on a main drag somewhere.
FeverishNewt t1_j2cpjkz wrote
Interesting factoid. Where a lot of crime goes unsolved or investigated. The apprehension of bank robbers is over 90⅝.
Shiny_Deleter t1_j2dd66l wrote
Of course they’re gonna follow the money. Poor citizens? Ain’t nobody got time for that.
TerranceBaggz t1_j2e0jl5 wrote
Yep. Police are there to protect capital, not citizens. This fact is the most clear proof of that.
DiscoDeadhead t1_j2c2x3x wrote
Someone said bank robbery on the Citizens app
S-Kunst t1_j2doz6c wrote
I sometime go to Canton Crossing. When I do, I think I am in Hunt Valley or Columbia. Its not a feeling I am comfortable with. My guess is that was the aim of the developer. Most of the people who frequent the shopping center could easily fit in with a suburban setting.
Kraqrjack t1_j2dq60d wrote
Ok but sheesh no need to rob the place
TerranceBaggz t1_j2e0ub3 wrote
The land was leased by Exxon Mobil for like 60 years. The ground is just filled with toxic dirt and fumes from petroleum. Sapperstein (the developer) was extremely limited on what they could build on the land. If you look at the parking lot light poles when you’re there they actually double as vents for the ground. They have caps at the top that allow toxic gasses to dissipate.
sxswnxnw t1_j2e2imp wrote
Omg tf.... Thank you for the info, wow. Does the brownfield end at Boston Street, or...? All those apartments they're building, hope it's not going to be some low level Love Canal shit. 🥴
rockybalBOHa t1_j2e2ykf wrote
Yes. And while I wish the development was more urban, it's a vast improvement over what is what it was, which was a toxic wasteland. By all economic measures, it's been a massive success.
CaptainObvious110 t1_j2eas3u wrote
Yeah that development doesn't seem well suited for an urban environment at all.
It's a sea of concrete and could have been so much more than that.
sxswnxnw t1_j2cdjnz wrote
Wow, more going on there than bad urban design.
Robbing a bank in Canton, if true, is ballsy. And of course, stupid.