And, hopefully, this will be the final post. This project ran about 2 months longer that I was expecting, so I'm glad to be done with it. I suspect you are too.
July 28
1. This was taken just after midnight. This is how the new lights illuminate rain.
2. This PANO shot shows the ENTIRE project wet, clean, untouched and empty - something you'll never see again.
3. Looks like they missed a parking space line............all fixed.
4. Stop sign post-pounding
5. The bridesmaids hold up the wedding dress train.
July 29
6. This is the last worker I zoomed in on.
7. The Bobcat backs up onto its truck on Ward St.
8. This parking lot - with TWO entrance/exit points - has SIX stop signs ("abundance of caution" comes to mind).
9. The crew finishes up State St sidewalk and road work.
July 30
10. I saw this drone flying around. At first, it appeared near the upper floors of the 389 Main project across State St, then near me and by the time I got my camera and located this small moving object in the frame, it was over by the back of 40 Passaic St (left pic), which also borders the parking lot, where it looked like it would land (right pic).
Who was doing all this snooping around the upper floors of these apartment buildings that bordered the lot on three sides?
11. I followed the drone to two men standing on the Ward St side of the lot. I think the man on the left is from DSM - the company that did all the lot work. The other gentleman is showing his power to levitate the drone - not by remote control - but simply by waving his hands above the drone, which places the hands' shadows below the drone for uplift.
12. When that failed, he packed it away. So I guess the company made a video of the finished project - a pretty good indicator that they were done.
13. I looked around from above to see if I missed documenting anything. Here's something: Is this for bicycles? Motorcycles?
14. The only reason I missed this was because it was brand new, thanks to some kids. The elongated, second-from-the-right item with the cilia (how did I remember THAT word?) is labeled, "SUN". The lot's first artwork was gone two days later after rain.
JULY 31
All cones that had been blocking lot entrances/exits were moved aside. This must be Opening Day. Apparently, no one else had noticed it, so............
15. I hopped in my car and took the first ride through the empty lot.
16. About an hour-and-a-half later, the lot had its first parked vehicle.
AUGUST 1
17. The last State St PANO shot shows the finished product with very few cars in the lot.
18. You have to stop twice to get out.
AUGUST 3
19. The first parking ticket (that I'm aware of).............yeah, we're back to normal.
20. Let's finish off this three-and-a-half-month project with some better artwork (with a better sun) from neighborhood kids on the better lot.
I'm OUT!
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