Men at Work – Really
Everyday I’m downtown. And despite the jeering of one frequently critical OKC Central visitor, no, I don’t spend my entire days taking photos of construction progress on Project 180. But I am downtown. And it doesn’t take more than a few minutes for me to drive through downtown, survey whether construction workers are making progress on Project 180.
You’ve seen the results of my recent surveys – there have been no more than 18 workers, and often far less, working on all of the ripped up downtown streets at any given time. Often there have been no workers to be seen at either 9 a.m. or 4 p.m.
Today was much different. On every job site I saw no less than a half dozen men, often more, working with what seemed to be a re-dedication to getting the work closer to completion. Main Street, which has languished for almost two years due to one delay after another (it was supposed to be done a year ago), had a half dozen guys doing the final touches on landscaping. This completion will be celebrated by business owners who have suffered greatly during the delays.
All this said, my surveys will continue. I have no intention of discontinuing my progress updates – even if the progress isn’t the image most complimentary to the city or the contractors. Today, have no doubt, the picture was one that had to make many folks happy.
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I drove by Steve’s desk this morning and he was not there. Then I drove back by later and he was “standing around talking” to someone else. Unbelievable.
More surveys to come.
I was talking to someone today, and he said that the owner of Trattoria del Centro, now closed down, told him that crews tore up the sidewalk in front of her restaurant THREE different times and reconstructed it each time. And I suppose that the taxpayers of OKC paid for all three of those destructions and reconstructions of that sidewalk, all of which also no doubt contributed to the closing down of this great restaurant. I wonder if someone will ever erect a monument to all the businesses destroyed by government work downtown.
No kidding Bob. The government has destroyed downtown. Think of how great downtown would be without any government intervention. For example, have you seen the street down by the ballpark??? It is completely full of water. Dumb government. They flooded it so bad THEY EVEN FLOAT BOATS IN IT now. Also, I mean MAPS, come on, another communist government exercise. We should build a monument for this and go down and pray for a return to freedom every day until the government goes away.
Also, one time I got food poisoning from Trattoria del Centro so calling it a GREAT restaurant may be an overstatement.
I could give you updates on the Sandridge construction crew. I feel like I know them all by name. The demolition is literally 30 feet outside my window for the past 9 months. Jack hammering for the past 3 straight weeks. Been a very interesting demolition to watch.