"I cut the ductile iron!"

[barondave]

"I cut the ductile iron!"
Baron Dave with pipe cutter
Lake & Blaisdell, Minneapolis, June 2 2008CE
The city of Minneapolis has been resurfacing Lake St., in sections, for several years. (This is one of the reasons Dreamhaven is leaving their Lake St. storefront.) The current section includes the intersection of Lake & Blaisdell, one of the corners of the block I live on. (They are not actually doing my section of Lake, but tidying up the intersection means that there is action under my window.)

I've been taking pictures of the construction, partly as a test of the camera (which is why some of the shots were lost) and partly as a chronicle. Today, people were well under ground in the pit behind me, with one person, accoutered in construction safety colors, watching. I asked him to pose with the equipment. He declined, but offered to take my picture. He even came up with the caption. I'm holding the saw that cuts the pipe (lower part of the picture).

Whee!

The picture is taken on Blaisdell, looking north. Way behind me and the backhoe is downtown Mpls. You can see the IDS Center and the Norwest Bank Bldg.

Comments

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

When did Dreamhaven move to the 'burbs? Why wasn't I told about this??

I'd heard they were moving to South Minneapolis Real Soon Now, but I didn't realize they were moving from the 'burbs to South Minneapolis - I thought they were moving from Uptown to South Minneapolis...

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure when Dreamhaven is moving, or to where. (Right now they're having a sale.) They are now in S. Mpls (near us), and too much further south, even if they're technically still in Mpls, counts as 'burbs for me.

[sraun]

I take objection to describing it as the 'burbs also - they're going to be closer to downtown than I am! Specifically, they're moving to 2301 East 38th St. "later this summer". Which I interpret to be sometime in August.

It's within a few blocks of chirosinger's new clinic.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

The new store will be farther away from me than you are. But okay, sure, why not, what the heck. Edited per comments.

[thaedeus.livejournal.com]

Great Shot! And Caption! Is your beard getting longer
or is my memory getting shorter?

[barondave.livejournal.com]

No, I'm kinda shaggy these days. I need to get my summer haircut. It may be close enough to Convergence...

[madtruk.livejournal.com]

Fun stuff!

[7ivy7.livejournal.com]

Wow! Cool picture.