26 September 2008
And thus ended the construction blog.
Too many blogs! In the future any construction updates will be posted to my Facebook and/or the Hart Fam Blog. Yes, I can hear your sighs of disappointment even now. The end of this blog is truly the end of an historic era. But let us move on together, unified in purpose, with the knowledge that a brave new world awaits our noble blogging efforts. Farewell, dear readers!
11 June 2008
morningside nearly done!
We have about 3-4 weeks left, everything should be complete by July 4. Now it's really starting to look nice, after months of site work and utilities that, while interesting, doesn't give the viewing public much to go on. We finished the stone wall about a month ago and that really helped to lend some structure to the view; the asphalt was finished yesterday.
While I was there today they finished the plumbing work and turned on the water for the first time! Here's the small waterfall:
It looks pretty good (and better in real life than pictures, of course) . We have to adjust the stone slightly, as well as one of the nozzles, to maximize the amount of water coming over the front, but those are easy fixes.
They also tested the ground sprays in front of the waterfall...
Yow! No shortage of water pressure here. Fortunately this was also easily adjusted to kid-size.
Most of the water from the waterfall and ground sprays flows into the trench in the foreground, which creates another place for kids to play with the water. We've put these in other playgrounds before and have proven quite popular.
Bluestone steps in the foreground and a little rock climbing area on the right side.
Can you see the small table in the background? Here it is up close:
I'm excited about this piece -- first ever in NYC. We went to a playground in Lexington, KY that had one of these and my nephew-in-law Ben spent nearly the whole time playing with it. It's just a little town with roads to drive Matchbox cars on. Simple, but very effective. They're going to have a community event where kids will paint it (with help, of course).
So, we're almost there. Play equipment should be here this week!
While I was there today they finished the plumbing work and turned on the water for the first time! Here's the small waterfall:
It looks pretty good (and better in real life than pictures, of course) . We have to adjust the stone slightly, as well as one of the nozzles, to maximize the amount of water coming over the front, but those are easy fixes.
They also tested the ground sprays in front of the waterfall...
Yow! No shortage of water pressure here. Fortunately this was also easily adjusted to kid-size.
Most of the water from the waterfall and ground sprays flows into the trench in the foreground, which creates another place for kids to play with the water. We've put these in other playgrounds before and have proven quite popular.
Bluestone steps in the foreground and a little rock climbing area on the right side.
Can you see the small table in the background? Here it is up close:
I'm excited about this piece -- first ever in NYC. We went to a playground in Lexington, KY that had one of these and my nephew-in-law Ben spent nearly the whole time playing with it. It's just a little town with roads to drive Matchbox cars on. Simple, but very effective. They're going to have a community event where kids will paint it (with help, of course).
So, we're almost there. Play equipment should be here this week!
03 March 2008
back in action...
Sorry to disappoint the thousands of regular readers of this blog, but not much was happening construction-wise in the last few months. We did begin Morningside Playground last fall, but up to this point it's mostly been excavation and concrete formwork, hardly glamorous. Now at least I can show some of those walls and curbs rising from the ground. Still not much to look at, but you can see the structure starting to come together. The next few months should give us a lot more action -- the park is on schedule to open in June.
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