It's Going to Look Different!

Market Square looked the same for a very long time...
then we got trees. 
Now we're about to see a big visual change again...

Pavement!

The team is prepping the area that will become roadway in the renovated space. 

They expect to pour concrete this week (weather depepndant). The concrete will form a base of support for the belgian block and brick that we've saved to reuse.

You may have noticed that the City is doing some work on Forbes Avenue as well.  Right now they are updating utilities.  This means a big long trench. 

After seeing them all over town, I finally asked what "those metal box things" are that stick out of the ground (see above photo).  I couldn't imagine them being left in the ground for any great purpose (and the way they are always sticking up it didn't look like they would even fit!). 

Did you figure it out yet?  They are temporary walls  to make sure that the edges of the trench don't fall on the crew while they are working!  Here is one in Market Square...

I also peered into the ditch on Forbes...

Can you make out some bricks under the pavement?  That is a water box.  They build boxes around the things that need to be accessed frequently...




that way they can pop the lid off...

and what you see underneath is something like this...

which they can easily access to tighten a valve, etc.

And now you know!