Let’s walk to the construction site!

Last Wednesday, I took the bus to get to work: a construction site in Hawthorne. I was supposed to take the bus all the way to the Green Line station. By mistake, I got off the bus too soon. So I decided to make the best of it and take a few pictures along the way. 

The bus I was on took me to a stop near the airport, so I took some pictures of the airplanes during my walk. This is Aviation Blvd.

Along the way I walked past The Proud Bird. If you’ve never visited, this is a terrific restaurant. It is surrounded by the flying machines of a bygone era. Also, there are a couple of tables fit with headsets – you can actually listen to the pilots and air traffic controllers as you witness planes coming in for a landing! I’m not even that into planes and I love this place.

Here I walked past a beautiful tree surrounded with flowers. There were not very many other trees nearby; this made me wonder if a tree is capable of loneliness. Then I wondered if trees were capable of being happy. This tree looked very happy to be surrounded by flowers (despite its loneliness).

Saw this on the backside of a street sign. Maybe it says “PATRICE.” I like to believe it says “PORRIGE,” cause that would be an awesome tag name.

 

This just looked beautiful to me, in an urban sort of way.

This is the first site I work at. We are building an enormous office for our magnanimous employer, Nikki Tolt. Here are some various shots of the building in its current state.

 

This is where a waterfall will be constructed. The pattern on the wall is made of stones from India; the design is a variation of a geometric pattern called “tumbling blocks.”

 

That’s my boss, Tim Carter.

Below the waterfall is a “pond” near the entrance to the building. My boss created a tunnel going from this pond to another pool inside the building. Nikki plans to put koi in the pond, where they can swim back and forth as they please. Pretty cool, huh?

 

This is the inner pool.

A couple more shots of the site.

This is the latest phase of the project, the fence. Tim and Nikki came up with the design together. We have just set the post into the concrete below, now we’re in the process of welding the panels to the fenceposts. It’s going to look beautiful.

 

The other location I work at is just down the street, less than a block away. We are building a temporary office for Nikki while we complete the construction on the first building. We have just finished the demolition phase, as you can see.

The upstairs interior of the building is a 2 by 4 labyrinth with electrical vines crawling up the walls and ceiling. Soon we will be sanding the floors down, which will be sealed and stained. There are about six or seven guys working on this job on any given day, so it should be completed by the end of August.

And finally, here is the patio outside my office. For a more detailed look at the interior, please visit a former post, entitled Scan and Shred.

Thanks for visiting! And, as always…

Draw your own conclusions.