A New Foundation.

 

Photo taken October 10th.

 

 

The lot across the way has acquired concrete foundations and concrete cinderblock piers for two new houses. Before the piers went up, I thought these would be high-priced houses but they look like Habitat for Humanity house foundations.

 

 

And they could very well be! Because before the construction started, my partner remarked that he heard someone outside a hundred feet away, talking into a cell phone, with authority, that there are activists in this neighborhood who did not want housing in this area!

The Lot Across the Way All Torn Up.

They drove piles yesterday. A lot. And the tracks for the pile-driver tore the grass up, really bad.

Looking from Telemachus Street.

Looking from the street-corner.

Looking from across Baudin Street, second floor.

 

The Lot Across the Way Gets a Makeover

The lot across the way gets a makeover: it's grass is cut, turning it from a natural meadow into a mowed vacant lot. It also acquires some stakes and a metal trailer. Two days later, a pile driver shows up, bringing with it two timber piles each 35 feet long.

September 21st - cut grass, stakes and a trailer.

September 22nd. Same.

September 22nd. Same.

September 22nd. Better view of trailer.

September 22nd. Close-up of some stakes.

September 23rd. A pile-driver shows up!

With piles!

 

 

More to come...

Electric Service Pole in the Lot across the Way.

In Lot across the Way, I told you of the electric service pole a contractor installed in the vacant lot which has turned into a meadow. Here it is!

You can barely see it here.

But on the Telemachus Street side,

it's as plain as day.

The contractor's name is visible, so give him a call, and ask him to do electrical work on your house! :^) No crank calls, please.

Lot Across the Way.

Nature is an excellent landscaper. The best!

 This is the vacant lot across the street (Baudin) from my house. Presently the lot has been repeatedly allowed to grow into a meadow... but not for long. Someone installed a construction electric service pole for the owner's contractor who will build a house or two upon it, facing the side street (Telemachus).