Monday, April 7, 2008
It was the morning after.
The smell of beer wafted, and a loud roar echoed up and down Massachusetts Street after the Jayhawks beat the Tarheels 84-66 in Saturday’s Final Four game. But the smell came from beer that was spilled all over the street and the loud roar came from a street sweeper.
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Aftermath
The aftermath of KU's victory celebration.
The huge parade of students and fans left a lot behind. Crystal Miles, the horticulture manager for Lawrence Parks and Recreation, said there was a lot of stuff to pick up.
Twelve Parks and Rec. employees and two Street Department employees cleaned up Mass. Street in three shifts: before the event began, during the celebration and Sunday morning.
The hardest shift came at 6 a.m. on Sunday. The crew used leaf blowers and trash grabbers to clean up the mess.
Miles was surprised at the amount of trash.
“It’s enormous. I can’t even describe it,” Miles said.
Miles said the trash was mainly plastic cups, beer cans and beer bottles. She estimated it would take two or three street sweeper loads and a few loads of the trash truck to clean up all the garbage.
Each street sweeper holds about three to four cubic yards.
Miles said only flower beds were completely destroyed Saturday night. Tulips and daffodils that were planted for spring were trampled.
The strangest thing the crew found were bolts from a pickup truck bed.
Miles said the crew guessed the bed was overloaded and may have been damaged.
— Edited by Daniel Reyes
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