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Apr., 2008

FEB., 2006

• Collection of Feb., 2006 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Scaffolding for Brick Installation

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Kitchen Area

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 2
  Tiled Bathtub/Shower

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 4
  Bedroom w/ Uninstalled Doors & Frames

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 5
  Kitchen Area in Loft Unit Building

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 5
  Framing @ Mechanical Duct Bulkhead

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 5
  Firestop Material Applied to Electrical Boxes @ a Common Units Wall

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 6
  Siding Installation

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 6
  Siding Trim Installation

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 8
  Laundry Area

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 7
  Framed Walls @ Bathroom Area

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 9
  Kitchen Area

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 9
  Above Ceiling Mechanical Ductwork

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 15

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 12
  Roofing Membrane Installation

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 13
  Roofing Decking Installation

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 14
  Without Roof Truss Installed

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 13
  Roof Truss

  CONSTRUCTION @ YMCA ON 7TH AVENUE
  A Grant Program Neighborhood Partner

Jan., 2006

• Collection of Jan., 2006 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  AERIAL VIEW – LOOKING WEST

  BLOCKS ‘E’ & ‘F”

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Interiors w/ primed walls, door frames yet to be installed

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 2
  Walled in Kitchen area

  BLOCK ‘‘F’ EAST’ – BUILDING 3
  Scaffold for masonry installation

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 4
  Walled in Kitchen area

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 6
  Installation of Roofing Shingles in Progress

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 6
  Kitchen area

  BLOCK ‘E’ – NORTH OF BUILDING 4
  Infrastructure Installation

  BLOCK ‘E’ – NORTH OF BUILDING 7
  Kitchen area

  BLOCK ‘D’ – NORTH OF BUILDING 11
  Installation of Roofing Felt Material

  BLOCK ‘E’ – NORTH OF BUILDING 15
  w/ Partial Building Wrap Installed and Window Installations in Progress

  BLOCK ‘D’ – NORTH OF BUILDING 12
  Walls on Third Floor, still being Installed

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 16
  Installation of Roof Deck

  CONSTRUCTION @ YMCA ON 7TH AVENUE
  A Grant Program Neighborhood Partner

Dec., 2005

• Collection of Dec., 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  With partial installation of hardi-plank siding

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  With bathtubs and inner wall electrical and plumbing items in place.
  With firestop material installed

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 4
  With building wrap and windows installed

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 4
  With inner wall plumbing in bathroom, bathtub has yet to installed
  Framed kitchen area, w/ inner wall plumbing and electrical components

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 5
  With building wrap installed

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 5
  Interior framing

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 6
  With roof and interior framed

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 7
  With building wrap, w/ out roof trusses

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 7
  With framing at kitchen

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 9
  With partial exterior sheathing and wrap installed

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 11
  With floor truss for 3rd floor installed atop 2nd floor interior walls w/ exterior sheathing, w/ building wrap at 1st floor.

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 15
  With 2nd floor interior walls being framed, w/ exterior sheathing at 1st floor

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 16
  Framing for first floor walls.

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 13, 12 & 10
  Poured building slabs for buildings 13, 12 & 10 w/ building 8 on block E in background

Nov., 2005

• Collection of Nov., 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  PARK PLACE – Aerial LOOKING WEST

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 2
  Installation of building wrap in progress

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Interior wall framing with plumbing, mechanical and electrical rough-ins

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Kitchen rough-ins

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Laundry Room inner wall plumbing

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  Supplemental blocking in wall for handrail

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 2
  Breezeway with freshly poured concrete

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 8
  Materials for wall framing being hauled onto building

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 6 (foreground), 4 (beyond)
  Building 4 with roofing plywood installation in progress
  Building 6 with floor truss for second floor installed

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 8
  Tilt-up of framing for second floor wall

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 7
  Floor truss (foreground) prior to installation

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 9
  Building slab in place

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 15
  Building slab in place

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 13
  Footing trench preparation prior to slab pour

  BLOCK ‘C’ – LEASING BUILDING
  Installation of decorative brackets

Oct., 2005

• Collection of Oct., 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  PARK PLACE – Aerial Photo looking West
  

  South to North View of Parking Lot @ Block ‘A’
  BLOCK ‘A’ – DEMOLITION COMPLETE / PARKING LOT INSTALLED / STRIPED

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 1
  ‘Stick’ built interior wall framing w/ plumbing.

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 2
  Installation of Pre-Fab Roof Trusses

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 3
  Third floor truss have been installed, interior wall framing has begun.

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDING 3
  Interior stair being built.

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 4
  1st Level Framed Walls

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 5
  Preparing door and window headers.

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 9
  On-site delivered wood for framing.

  BLOCK ‘D’ – BUILDING 15
  Trenches/forming for flowable fill @ footings/foundation wall, gravel bed for floor slab.

  BLOCK ‘D’ WEST
  Building 14 slab in foreground w/ plumbing stubups for buildings 13, 12 & 10, exposed

  PROJECT PLANNING AREA
  Scan of Phase 1 & 2 16 block area map

  PROJECTED PROJECT SITE
  Looking Northwest from the 6th Avenue North/17th Street North Intersection

Sept., 2005

• Collection of Sept., 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  CITY OF BIRMINGHAM / UKRAINE OFFICALS DELEGATION

  BLOCK ‘A’ – DEMOLITION COMPLETE
  Southern Portion Asphalted for Parking Lot for Park Place Phases I & II
  Northern Portion Seeded w/ Straw Covering

  BLOCK ‘B’ Fresh Finish Topping at Green Street (also occurred in Block C)

  BLOCK ‘F’ EAST – BUILDINGS 2 & 3
  Poured Slabs w/ Lumber for Framing Stacked on Site

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 4
  Slab Pour in Progress

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 8
  Digging Perimeter Trenches for Flowable Fill

  BLOCK ‘E’ – BUILDING 9
  Formwork in Place for Slab Pour w/ Underslab Gravel in Place at Far End

  BLOCK ‘D’
  Welded Wire Mesh for Slabs Stored on Site
  Building Pads for Buildings 13 & 14
  PVC Piping for Underslab Utilities
  Building Pad for Building 15

Aug., 2005

• Collection of Aug., 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  BLOCK ‘F’
  Poured Building Slabs w/ Exposed Utility Stub-ups

  BLOCK ‘E’
  Prep to pour concrete for footings
  Underground plumbing/electrical stubups

  BLOCK ‘E’ FOOTING TRENCHWORK

  BLOCK ‘D’ (Looking West/North)
  Building Pad For ‘Terminus Building’ at the End of Park Place

  BLOCK ‘A’
  HazMat Container
  Excavated Steam Tunnel

June, 2005

• Collection of June, 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  AERIAL VIEW – LOOKING EAST

  BLOCK ‘A’
  Demolition in Progress

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  South Elevation

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Kitchen Area

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Living Room Area in a First Floor Unit

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Second Floor Interior Corridor

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Second Floor Laundry Room

  BLOCK ‘C’ LEASING BUILDING
  South Elevation

  BLOCK ‘C’ LEASING BUILDING
  Atrium Area w/ Freshly Installed Molding/Trim

  BLOCK ‘C’ LEASING BUILDING
  Lower Level Atrium Area w/ Freshly Installed Molding/Trim

  BLOCK ‘D’ West
  Site Prep for Building Pads & Green Street

  BLOCK ‘D’ EAST
  Site Prep for Green Street & Building Pads

  BLOCK ‘E’ WEST
  Rough Grading

  BLOCK ‘E’ EAST
  Rough Grading

May, 2005

• Collection of May, 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  AERIAL VIEW – LOOKING NORTH

  BLOCK ‘A’
  Commencement of Demolition

  BLOCK ‘A’
  Demolition in Progress

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Tyvek Wrapped North Elevation

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Installed Plumbing Fixtures / Electrical Panel

  BLOCK ‘C’ BUILDING 4
  Attic Area Gypsum Board Fire Wall

  BLOCK ‘C’ LEASING BUILDING
  Atrium Area

  BLOCK ‘C’ LEASING BUILDING
  From Second Floor Into Atrium Area

  BLOCK ‘E’
  Rough Grading

March, 2005

• Collection of March, 2005 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  AERIAL VIEW – LOOKING WEST

  BLOCK ‘C’ – BUILDING 10 Completed Unit Prepared for PTO Walk Thru

  BLOCK C NORTH – BUILDING 18; LEASING CENTER Brick Installation in Progress

  BLOCK C NORTH – BUILDING 18; LEASING CENTER Brick Installation in Progress

  BLOCK C NORTH – BUILDING 4 Roof Substrate Installation in Progress

  BLOCK ‘F’ – BUILDING 2

  BLOCK ‘F’ – BUILDING 1

Sept., 2004

• Collection of Sept, 2004 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Exterior Painting

  BLOCK ‘B’ – BUILDING 14
  Interior Installations – Carpet w/ pad & Kitchen Appliances/Floor Tile

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Interior Installations; Washer/Dryer (Above)
  Utility Closet w/ Furnace/Water Heater & Thermostat/Security Panel on Wall

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BLDG. 14
  Form Work in Preparation to Pour Side Walk
  Pre-Cast Wall Caps @ Entry Stoop

  BLOCK ‘B’ - INNER COURTYARD
  Parking Area Surface, Poured Concrete in Segments

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 10
  Framing for Interior Spaces

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 10
  Installation of Siding

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 7
  Installation of Brick

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 6
  Curved Plywood as Formwork to Lay Bricks in Arch

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 5
  w/ Underlayment Board & Roofing Felts

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 18
  Leasing Office Building – ‘Stick’ Built Framed

  BLOCK ‘F’ - BUILDING 3
  Framed to 2nd Floor w/ Roof Framing on Ground

July, 2004

• Collection of July, 2004 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  BLOCK ‘F’ – BUILDING 1
  Freshly Poured Building Slab

  BLOCK ‘F’ – TRENCH FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM

  BLOCK ‘F’ – SOD INSTALLATION

  BLOCK ‘C’ – LEASING BUILDING Poured Slabs For Leasing Building Near Base of Smokestack

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING SLABS
  Poured Slabs w/ Underground Plumbing Stubups
  Building 5 – Foreground
  Building 7 – Beyond
  W/ Block ‘B’ & Downtown Skyline
  

  BLOCK ‘C’ - BUILDING 9
  Sub-roofing Installations

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Thru Floor Pipes w/ Code Required Fire Stop Material

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Newly Installed Bathtub

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Construction of Entryway Canopy

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 13
  Electrician’s Pre-wiring A Unit

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 13
  Tyvek Insulation Wrapped Building

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING’S 17 & 15
  Off-Street Parking Side of Each Building

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 17
  From The Street Side Exterior Facade

June, 2004

• Collection of June, 2004 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDINGS
  
  • Buildings 14 & 15 w/ exterior brick, hardy board siding & windows installed
  • Building 17 @ rear w/ exposed tyvek moisture protection
  • Building 13 @ left w/ exposed exterior wood sheathing
  • Building 12 slab in foreground

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Plumbing @ Laundry Room wall w/ PVC drain lines, red & blue (hot & cold) pex piping

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14
  Installed Flex Mechanical Duct Work & Sprinkler Lines (orange piping) in ceiling space

  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 17
  Framed Living Room in a Townhouse Unit overlooking 22nd Street

  BLOCK ‘C’ NORTH - BUILDING 9
  Installing Floor Truss (additional truss in foreground)

  BLOCK ‘C’ NORTH - BUILDING 10
  Underslab Utilities / Trenches to form thickened slabs, at wall locations.

  BLOCK ‘C’ NORTH - BUILDING 6
  Markings on slab indicating wall / door locations and location numbers for the various wall panels

  MARCONI PARK
  Mock-up of truncated pavers inset

  BLOCK ‘F’ WEST - BUILDING 3
  

  • Preparing for footing trenches
  • Form filled footing trench in foreground

  BLOCK ‘D’
  Wiring installation at new light fixture

May, 2004

• Collection of May, 2004 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING’S 16 & 17 - From The 3rd Floor Of Building 14 – A View Of Downtown
  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14- Green Street Elevation
  BLOCK ‘B’ - BUILDING 14 Wiring To Electrical Panel W/ Sheetrock in Background
  BLOCK ‘C’ NORTH - BUILDING 9 Underslab Work: Gravel, Plumbing Stubups
  SIDEWALK CORNER WORK - Intersection of 6th Avenue & 25th Street
  

April, 2004

• Collection of April, 2004 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  BUILDINGS #14 & #15 – FRAMING OF FIRST & SECOND LEVELS
  BUILDING #17 – NEWLY POURED CONCRETE SLAB / PLUMBING STUB-UPS
  NEW SIDEWALK AT MARCONI PARK BLOCK ALONG 6TH AVE.
  

March, 2004

• Collection of March, 2004 Site Photos (Adobe Acrobat - PDF format)   
  Collection includes:
  BUILDING #17: PLUMBING STUB-UPS
  BUILDING’S SAMPLE MOCK-UP
  BLOCK ‘C’: GREEN STREET LOOKING EAST
  BLOCK ‘C’: GREEN STREET LANDSCAPING
  24TH STREET – LOOKING SOUTH FROM 7TH AVENUE - SEWER LINES AND LATERALS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED
  NEW SIDEWALK ALONG CALLOWAY AVENUE
  

December, 2003

• Infrastructure - 25th St. north of 6th Ave. Gas Line and Curb Installation  
• Storm Sewer Tie-In at 6th Ave. and 23rd St.  
• Infrastructure - 6th Ave. view west from Block F  
• Infrastructure - Sanitary Sewer Extension on 23rd St. south Of 6th Ave.  

November, 2003

• 6th Ave. View West from Block F  
• 25th St. Infrastructure Under Construction  
• Infrastructure - Block B  
• View Across 6th Ave. to Block B  

September, 2003

• Infrastructure 6th Ave. and 23rd St.  
• Infrastructure 6th Ave. looking West  
• Infrastructure - Block D Sanitary  
• Infrastructure - Block E Sanitary  
• Infrastructure - Block F Sanitary  
• Infrastructure - Underground Electric 24th St.  
• Infrastructure - Underground Electric 25th St.  

September, 2002

• Block B, Sept.'02  
• Block C, Sept.'02  
• Block C - Photo 2, Sept.'02  
• Block D, Sept.'02  
• Block D - Photo 2, Sept.'02  
• Block E, Sept.'02  
• Block F, Sept.'02  

August, 2002

• Block B, Aug '02  
• Block C, Aug '02  
• Block D, Aug '02  
• Block E, Aug '02  
• Block F, Aug '02  

March, 2002

• Existing Building Demolition, March '02 - Photo 1  
• Building Demo Mar'02 - Photo 2  
• Building Demo Mar'02 - Photo 3
• Building Demo Mar'02 - Photo 4
• Building Demo Mar'02 - Photo 5
• Block E Demo, week of 15Mar02 - Photo 1
• Block E Demo, week of 15Mar02 - Photo 2
• Block E Demo, week of 15Mar02 - Photo 3
• Block E Demo, week of 15Mar02 - Photo 4

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