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 [...]
They have boarded up the openings to the parking deck below the museum.
Barriers stand in waiting.
Marking locations in florescent colors.
Heavy equipment.
On a stroll along the magical construction barrier today, two things were clear.
Marathoners drink a lot of bottled water.
There aren’t enough recycling bins and trash cans along the route.
If there was any doubt about who left all these bottles, this bit of fruity evidence ought to be proof enough.
I suppose they don’t want anyone to fall in.
Digging up the asphalt.
Hopefully, all this metal is bound for a recycling facility.
Yesterday was a Reds home game against the Astros. I caught the fans walking by the area that will someday by The Banks development with shops, apartments and restaurants.
Heavy machinery has arrived, and earth moving has started to take place.
Tracks from one of the bulldozers.
Piles of rubble from older development in the area.
Progress seems a bit slow after the big groundbreaking.
In the shadow of the Roebling Suspension Bridge
Heavy equipment tracks
The skyline looms over The Banks
The important things are in place
The Banks project in Cincinnati finally gets underway. The dirt starts moving, at last.
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune do the honors
Shovels at the ready
