Why do we board up the windows of abandoned or currently renovating buildings instead of leaving the glass?

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A small apartment building near my house is being renovated and they’ve removed all the windows and doors and covered them with plywood. Presumably there wasn’t a problem with EVERY window, so why take them all out and board them up? I imagine they were intending to replace them, but why take them out as the very first step in the reno?

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Squatters can easily smash a window, move in, and board it up from there.

Yes they could also tear down the boards and then smash the windows still but people tend to follow the path of least resistance. Someone homeless and doing drugs probably doesn’t have ready access to tools.

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