April, 2003 - Page 1

Posted April 24, 2003

April was hopping! Now I can't make any more jokes about them going slow. Poor me.

The month started with the columns for the sky bridge begin set up with forms and rebar. They blocked off the whole street so they could isolate the site and not worry about dropping things on passing cars.

After an entire winter of no work, it was nice to see progress and people at the site every day.

The bridge is coming from the far end of the parking garage and spanning over the length of the parking lot before it reaches the casino. It seems strange to do it that way, but I'm guessing it's because the elevators are in the far corner of the garage.

Building this huge bridge must be cheaper than moving the elevators. Especially considering the bridge would only have to be about thirty feet long if they put it at the other end of the garage.

By the next week, the concrete was poured, the forms had come off, and scaffolding was up for them to start working on the bridge itself. The Port-A-John leans in menacingly towards the site.

In this close-up you can see them getting ready to lay the floor.

Move on.