just a quick update from recent wanderings...
just about all the perforated panels have been installed on the large parking garage behind Pfizer (the south side seems like it will feature some other treatment; the scaffolding is still up there), and a few days ago it revealed some fanciness on its northeast corner:
I am rather impressed with the lengths they've gone to to spruce up both this garage and the one behind Gladstone (still no plantings there, but it can't be long now). it's not clear to me how visible this particular feature is going to be, seemingly tucked behind Pfizer and other Alexandria buildings.
the new street on this garage's south side (see earlier photo) has its base poured all the way to Third St, and has received at least its first coat of asphalt. the sidewalks are also filling in, with new (short) trees on Third.
the cardiovascular building (background) is getting its glass (Strata foreground)!
it does catch the light well:
I'm kinda liking it the way it is and am wondering if more glass will seem like too much. should know in a few days!
the construction taking place on the south side of the creek near the future roundabout is indeed sewer/water pumping infrastructure. this would appear to be the pumping station (with 1500 Owens preening in the background, and some not-long-for-this-world overhead powerlines):
a random shot of the sports courts under the freeway, taken from 4th (top) floor inside the housing development at the end of Berry St:
and last, just an observation: the other day I had a rare chance to make the rounds in MB during 'business hours', and noticed that, even with all the slowdown in new development, one was never out of earshot of some sort of construction. we'll see if that's still the case in 6 months, but for now at least one doesn't get the feel on the ground that we've lost momentum.