the construction site

Remember back when I first started talking about the construction up the street from me? Well, it is moving along at a snails pace. I think I first noticed something happening in late February or early early March....(I'l check my photo's to see...), and I began showing them building this retaining wall. Well, they are still building it. And it is huge! And will be even huger before they are done.

They also started on a retaining wall nearer the street level as well, as you can see in that photograph above...and that is going pretty slowly, too...I took these photo's on Thursday, I think...or maybe it was Wednesday...Whatever....It is pretty amazing....I was told by a neighbor that the actual house that will eventually be built up there is going to be 6,000 square feet, with a three car garage!

Here they are moving dirt to drop behind the wall, and packing it in as tight as they can after each dirt drop.... I watched as they did this, amazed at the percision that goes into what they do to move this crane around in a very very small area....Here, below, the man running that crane moves in closer, maneuvring to get into the correct position, having already scooped the dirt up. Then he gets into the correct position and proceeds to drop the dirt right behind the still unfinished wall....this is how they do this each day, every day.... And then, the guy running the crane lifts the dirt carrier part and moves backwards to then goes to get some more dirt....And so it goes.... Here he is having backed up to his former position and there are the guys who tap that dirt down, and you can just see a little bit of the wall that is on the street level, sort off....Here below, is a more extensive view of the wall that's being built on the street level...So, there you have the most recent update on this endless construction. If this is where they are now after five and a half months....well, God only knows how long it will take to actually build and finish the house that will sit on this hill....

Just a little bit of a reminder of how this street level looked on March 2, 2oo6, in the photograph below....this photo was taken looking up the street as opossed to the photo above it with the partially built wall, where I was looking down the street... Is it just me or does this look so much nicer back then....Progress, it stinks sometimes, doesn't it? Well, maybe when it is all finished it will look fabulous, but right now, it sure looks a mess! OY!

More To Come....

Update: 1:24pm Go read this story...it is unbelievable!

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/man-trapped-in-110-degree-chocolate/20060818095509990004