Yet another public works update, interesting only to me
The other day I walked down Fourth Avenue and
inspected the places where they have ripped up the right lane for concrete bus
stop pads. They already had the concrete poured in the hole at Lenora Street.
Here is what the hole at Bell Street looked like:
You can't really see it in the
photos, but at the edges are visible the many strata of the construction of the
street: Asphalt over concrete over brick over
concrete.That was a few days ago.
Yesterday, they poured the concrete in front of the fire
station.
Today, they are pouring the
concrete at the Fourth & Wall bus
stop.
It appears they are putting the
concrete in at an angle, to approximate the crown on Fourth. I'm not sure how
that will ensure a flat roll-on, roll-off boarding experience for the bus
riders.Oh, and the sidewalks are
back up and running on Third Avenue. I await with interest the planting of new
trees.
Did you know that the trees in the
Denny Regrade were planted for the 1962 World's Fair? Before that, the Regrade
was treeless, but they wanted to spruce up the neighborhood between the
fairgrounds and downtown, and trees were the simplest and quickest way to do
it.
Posted: Tue - April 14, 2009 at 11:10 AM
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