The Banks Blog

Well, finally something new is happening at the Banks project …

They’ve leveled the grounds and are starting to work on new digs.

Sometimes, even a pile of crushed blacktop is beautiful - with the right lighting.

Compare this photo from Week 1 when there was blacktop and a port-o-potty, to the following photo from week 7. Things are moving along.

Some definite changes happening at the Banks and Riverfront. They’ve covered up the big ditch in the middle and started leveling the ground.

Some leftovers from the old ballpark.

Some new equipment has appeared as well.

Twin CATs wait for work.

The Enquirer Politics Extra Blog reports that the proposed GASP (Government Accountability Spending Program) which shows how tax payer money was spent would also include data from The Banks development.
GASP is a great acronym, who knew that politicians had a sense of humor?

Some significant progress has occurred this week. The southern end of the first phase blacktop has been almost completely torn up.

Do you think enough people said ok?

We’re starting a new post series called “what the heck is it?,” where we’d like you to tell us what we’re looking at. For the inaugural question, the photo below looks to be some kind of drainage protection. If you know what the heck it is and what its purpose is, go ahead and comment. [...]

Well, it’s a bit like watching paint dry, but here are a few new photos. Obviously, this machine is taking the concrete and crushing it for re-use.

Stacks of rusted grates are piled to one side. Again, it appears they are headed for recycling. Both the reuse and recycling of materials on site are part of [...]