July 17, 2003
WHAT KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT
What has been keeping me awake at night -- on and off for the last five months or so -- just became a lot clearer. For those of you who don't know much about Indianapolis, I live right next to the main city library, which -- as my luck would have it -- is currently undergoing a major renovation that includes the construction of a new six-story wing. (So large is this project that it isn't scheduled for completion until the first quarter of 2006.)
Many a night since late-February has been spent trying to sleep thru the rumble of dump trucks and cement mixers, along with the continuous flow of street cleaners that follows each mega-ton machine out of the construction zone. Last night, after trying to turn down my one-way street (which, by the way, was a two-way street up until late last year, but is now one-way due to the massive construction) and finding that the street was blocked off by a big cement pouring crane that sort of looked like this, I decided to take a closer look at the "big dig" across the street from my apartment building.
In short, I marched over to the construction zone, introduced myself to the project manager (a nice guy named Jeff), and watched -- for three hours (go figureÖ Iím a guy and I love watching construction projects) -- as cement truck after cement truck poured 170,000 cubic feet of underground parking garage. Then, as I was about leave, I ran into a nice lady who told me about a webcam that's focused on the construction 24/7. So, if you'd like to see what keeps me awake at night, click here (IMPORTANT NOTE: The "click here" link will take you to a live video feed of the construction zone, which is best viewed using an extremely high-speed Internet connection.)
Posted by Mikal at July 17, 2003 9:04 PM
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When I went to look at the picture of the crane, I just assumed it would be your pencil (albeit actually, computer) freehand rendition. Oh well. Maybe next time.
