This week’s photos from around Columbia:
Clowning at Tacos to Go
Skullduggery, too
And here’s an emaciated devil dog.
Alas, poor Yorick!
Never dance with a creepy clown in the pale moonlight.
This is what happens when you smoke that devil drug – marijuana.
Even this Jack O’Lantern is fully lit.
Looks like someone wanted to park – sign be damned.
Multi-unit birdhouse –
Well, at least one apartment building got built in town.
(North 4th)
Glinda the Good Witch?
(North 4th)
Abandoned skull in Avenue G
Permit for a retail pharmacy?
Apparently, this is for sale.
(South 4th Street)
Sticker shock
(North 3rd)
Gallery on 4th – now with more gourds
Magical Mystery Tour?
(South 3rd)
Digging things up at Columbia Crossing
A trench, in fact
A former councilman called the building, “The gift that’ll keep on taking.”
Many-gloried street signs glorified
When Lowe’s is all out of stockade fence
An alternative to those outrageous Comcast bills
At the gazebo in Locust Street Park
And there it is.
Meanwhile, on South 2nd – painted flags – literally on South 2nd
Must be some sort of revisionist history – two original colonies and no states?!
And here, complete with sticker, is a cardinal-shaped birdhouse, big enough to terrify any bird in sight.
Shadow company?
Getting their “S” in gear
That’s small change these days (but nonetheless acceptable)
Alligatoring in Avenue E
That’s strange – This sidewalk on Poplar Street ends here, skips over two front yards, then continues further up the street.
And here it just kind of . . ends.
On the other side of the street it ends but continues at the last house in the block – at the intersection of 5th and Poplar. So, if you walk over the front of someone’s lawn to avoid walking in the street, can you be cited for trespassing?
Three flats; therefore, it’s in E-flat major
But can you live on a hedge that lives in a hedge?
Let’s hope he plugged the meter . . . because – see next photo.
There’s the reason.
Too bad he didn’t nail this one.
Holy smoke?
Clean it up!
Pumpkin tree
(Manor Street)
Tree down on the unpaved section of Heritage Drive, most likely due to last night’s horrific winds
Work in progress
Artist at work
Another work in progress
Still another work in progress
Yet another work in progress
And a few submitted photos . . .
Street sweeper barely bypassing that nasty, unattended ditch on the 300 block of South 2nd
There it is – naked in the daylight.
And finally – the former Embassy Hotel – apparently after a fire
Columbia Spy 
Borough council also made the decision to lose 151,000 dollars on 208 210 locust st.
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That's funny. They are the only ones doing anything in this town and last time I looked their taxes are paid.
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Well Stated – This Situation is Getting Worse
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Why doesn't Columbia require a “construction surety bond” prior to demolition ? It's a simple legal tool that more sophisticated communities use to avoid broken promises. Taxpayers should demand this. This historic building at the bottom of Locust is now gone, and so is the tax revenue, at least for now ! Columbia Borough could have avoided this loss this with a simple legal tool called a “construction surety bond” , prior to Demolition.
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http://demolitionforum.com/hazmat-government/a-bond-requirement-before-a-building-is-demolished/
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They did now use it to fill the hole,common sence.
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Yup we should send the pic of the hole to the Lancaster news paper and let them ask the mayor for comment. This hole is 3 or more years old , but look what gets done at the river park. A comment would be at least entertainment for the area.
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Maybe the borough is to busy with the river park to do any thing in town that's way they are fining people to make it look better.
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Borough Council surely does some stupid things – we ALL do. Does anybody consider even the condition of most streets in Columbia compared to many other municipalities in Lancaster County? I get around, and Columbia's are among the best for the most part. I agree that the quick tickets by the zoning department Gestapo are a borderline-criminal fiasco. Maybe if certain homeowners and property owners would get off their butts and clean up around their places, civic pride would also be restored. Evict tenants who are hogs. Governments of any level are NOT the answer to many of our problems. RESPECT would go a long way though.
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Concerning the sidewalks on Poplar st… As far as I know, residents were given the choice if they wanted one put in when the house was built. Wasn't required back then…
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WRONG better look again.
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Council shore is spending , lites on 462, yup we really need them.
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Ok if the codes gives a ticket on flacking paint , how long does a person have to finish the job?
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30 days I think.
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Is it socially acceptable to give one person a notice with a list of violations, when houses across the street have the same violations with no notices given ?
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DISCRIMINATION!
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Columbia has to stop this selective enforcement, it has to practice what it says, for everyone not just some. They are setting themselves up for a class action suit , I for one am ready to sign on , and I am shore there are many more of you too.
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We all have to get a attorny and go after the borough and the council personaly , it went to far, lets get them , it has to be everyone or none!
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