Friends of Spokane's Great Northeast,
We have two albums to upload this week. The current report as of 10/19/2009 shows progress in sidewalks to Wabash Avenue, new (replacement) curbing from Wabash to Queen Avenue, and various views up and down Market Street showing the extent of grading improvements, areas improved that have never been paved before, various excavations and so on. Residents and local business owners are becoming highly motivated, as the construction they have endured is now starting to take some defined shapes, and people are anxious to show off their new District to the rest of the City.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jr.sloan/MarketStreetRevitalization101909#
The second upload comes from Dave Griswold, who took pictures in our absence to illustrate the process the various street and curbing crews went through to lay the new conduits, pipes, vaults, sidewalks and curbs for the Market Street rebuild. These are intentionally detailed pictures showing the mix of machine skills and manual arts necessary to get the project done.
These photos identify some volunteers sitting up “to watch concrete set” after an early episode of vandalism inspired them to protect the new enhancements to their neighborhood. Various scenes show detailed machine and manual finishing work to create the curbs for the district between Broad Avenue and Queen Avenue in the last two weeks of September 2009. Also shown: details of excavations near the Hillyard Fire & Rail Museum on Queen Avenue-Market St intersection.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jr.sloan/GrizPixReMarketStSeptember09#
Remember, you can have access to any and all of these progress-report photos about the market Street Revitalization Project, by going to the Historic Hillyard Website, and accessing all the packages of photos that have been posted there. For a limited time, you may use them as you wish, as long as you give credit for the pictures to the Greater Hillyard Business Association. Later this month, we will be consolidating this visual history into a DVD that anyone can use on their digital recorder, computer or TV, for a nominal cost. When the DVD becomes available, we'll probably close out the online collection.
JR Sloan, GHBA Economic Development Director
