I was eager to see more change than there was at the northwest roundabout area, but things are coming along in any case. some planting has started in the roundabout itself, including a semi-circle of trees (looking southeast-ish):
... and, on the Owens (south) side, more planting has gone in in the other median approach sections, as well as sidewalk trees along Owens. not sure if it can be made out in this size of photo, but it looked like ground-lighting had also been installed for the trees in the roundabout
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and, meet the latest section of new street for MB: the block of Nelson Rising Lane behind the neurosciences building had its fence along Fourth removed and it looked like they were just carrying out some final surface work before they open it completely.
the fence blocking off the section of the lane behind the CVRB had also been taken down, so it seems the work there is wrapping up after many months. one more little piece of MB we can almost check off.
at the hospital site, there was noticeable evidence of the parking garage coming out of the ground (I assume that is what I was seeing). this is the view looking south from Owens across Sixteenth:
I wasn't able to grab a screenshot, but you can always take a better look using the
site webcam, too. to pan over to the garage you may have to take control of the camera using the button in the lower-right-hand corner.
and, as if someone were slowly filling a graduated beaker with some glowing-blue-hued liquid, the glass continues to fill in, floor by floor, over at Madrone. looks like they are working on the roof stuff now, so certainly topped out:
can't see in this shot, but from closer-up the framing around the windows looked gray to me, so I'm a little concerned Madrone won't be as bright-looking as the models I've seen of it, where the overall impression was of a white building. we'll see.