Day 263 - Finally - Sidewalk!

Friday, June 13 proved to be lucky after all - we now officially have a sidewalk again!
While the work is not done (still need fill dirt and sod), this is a major step forward.
The sidewalk came up on Monday, September 24, 2007, as shown in the very first post. It only took 263 days to put it back...
I'll write a wrap-up with final timeline shortly. In the mean time, enjoy the pics.

Day 260 - Finally Getting Closer

June 10, 2008
Yes, I now have a driveway approach. No sidewalk yet, though, so time continues to tick...
On a interesting related note, tomorrow it will have been exactly 6 months since our side of the street was poured. So 5 months and 30 days with no progress - on our side of the street, at least.
I can only hope we'll have a sidewalk again before we hit the one year mark...
Pictures below:
















Some of my neighbors down the street just have a hole where their driveway approach will (hopefully) go, so I should be thankful...

Day 212 - Progress at Last?

22 April 2008
Thursday will mark 7 months since the sidewalk came down. While there's no chance it will be replaced by then, there are at least some signs of life today.
The opposite side of Ave None has had the gravel driveway approaches torn out to make way for concrete - at least I hope. Likely our side comes tomorrow morning, so this is probably our last night in the driveway for a while.



On a sadder note, the street light - which has been out since September (I think) - still hasn't been repaired. So the driveway approaches in front of my neighbors' yards to the east will be poured and shortly destroyed to fix the light. And then hopefully poured again.

(Just a disclaimer - Ave. None is not a trashy street, this just happens to be garbage day and bulk trash pick-up week)

Day 189 - 27 weeks and Counting...

March 31, 2008
Yes, today marks 27 weeks since our sidewalk first "died" on day 1 - September 24, 2007. In case you're counting, that's one week more than six months. Yes, SIX MONTHS.
There's been no appreciable progress on our street in all of 2008 - and most of December 2007 (the second half of the street was paved 12/11).
Yes, someone is still counting...

24 hours...

Follow-up to the previous post - after calling the city last Thursday and being assured that my recycling would be picked up, I came home last night (Monday) to find it finally done. I pulled the empty cart off the curb...just in time to put it back out in 24 hours. Oh well, at least I didn't need it before then.

Recycle for the Recycling

For those watching for updates to street progress, you won't them in this post.
This is here because my recycling cart was not picked up today. The last time I called to report a non-pick-up, I was told my cart was too full. So, just in case, here's (photographic) proof it's not. Yes, that's today's Wall Street Journal just to prove the point.

• It's not full.
• It doesn't have inappropriate materials (just paper and cardboard).
• It should have been picked up.

It stays on my curb until it does.



Contents of the cart (and today's paper for proof):

Day 84 - Settling down for a long winter's cure

The last pictures posted showed a fuzzy road late a night. Now that I have a second to breathe (and take pictures), and now that the rain is clear, I can finally show you how our side of the street turned out.
What you are seeing in the picture is the forms sitting out on the street to prevent would-be drivers from traversing this still green concrete expanse. Though, someone did decide to knock down a few of our barrier cones last night.
Unfortunately, the light of day shows several problems with the finished project.
The surface shows signs of the Tuesday's rain - see the shot of the curb below; this is permanently in the surface of the concrete. Looking down the center of the street, the south side of the street looks cleanly grated, while our side looks to be a bit rough. Worst of all are the spots left behind by the late-night sawer. I have two pictures below - and yes, that has dried that way. It won't come off.

I'm afraid the best grade I can give this job is C+. At least the worst is over...