Oh!

I have complained in the past about construction seeming to take forever on various projects and non-projects around my own neighborhood and others that I frequent. There is, for example, the pile of rubble remaining from a demolished residential structure a few doors down from my own (if one counts as doors disasters areas that have no door). It seemed that one was on the fast track, but a pile of destroyed foundation it remains. Might it ever become something?

There is something out there which needs no such wondering, for it is so obviously becoming something. Indeed, it is being completely with such lightning-quick efficiency that it is hard to recall what it was when it was nothing. As it happens to be on the way to the subway station, I pass by it most days. I have watched as it rose up from a pit in the ground, and if I were diligent enough to take photographs on a consistent basis, I would have the makings of quite a viral video. Alas, I have no such diligence.

Building Excitement

Two buildings on my little neighborhood side street are apparently in the process of being demolished and the lots redeveloped. It's a satisfying experience to me, getting a glimpse of the incremental progress every day, having this singular chance to see into what was and what will be. The first time I cared enough to look at them and really see them, it was obvious enough that they were terrible eyesores and probably health and safety hazards. One building on the street is already known to have been an ad hoc den of ill repute while unoccupied, and while I can't say what could have been going on in these other two, it's reasonable to guess that there was a considerable risk of some inappropriate usage.

There's a wonderful, positive feeling of renewal and agitation. Things are being shaken up, and I am excited at the prospect of something new arising. The last time I looked, one of the two buildings had been totally stripped away and nothing was left but the foundation. That may be boring to some, but I find it rather interesting. I'd like to get a closer look, but am not quite as bold as some in my family where satisfying curiosity is concerned.