a Warriors arena in MB does seem to make sense for the team and for the area, a nice fit.
in walking around the neighborhood today, the northwest roundabout area is still not open, weeks after the 'opening' ceremony, but I think we're getting close. during the week there had still been heavy equipment on-site, but now the holes in the streets seem filled in and the cones were mostly cleared. I have noticed, tho, that the streetlights don't come on at night yet. looking east from near the RR crossing:
one curious thing to me is that, included in all the fencing that has gone up around the perimeter of the site, is a gate that allows for the (interim) connection to Channel to be closed off. I had assumed that if they were going to the trouble of putting in the connection, it would just be open. I think you can make out the fencing in the middle distance:
on the southeast side, they have also erected new fencing and cleared away most of the debris and leftover materials:
they'd also installed new fencing leading from the roundabout along the axis of Mission Bay Blvd, which makes me wonder if maybe they're thinking about opening a pedestrian walkway through there. would be a welcome improvement to circulation if so, since there is no good east-west path currently. looking eastish:
at the other end, at Fourth and Mission Bay Blvd, they were digging a hole, don't know what that's about
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over on block 2, pile-driving continues, having moved mostly over to the east side of the block. looking north along Third earlier this week:
block 3 is in pause after the test piles.
down at the hospital site, something that might not be very visible from the webcam is that the Third St side has started looking more solid with the installation of some skin! the lighting is not the best, but looking south:
closer-up:
looking north:
closer-up:
also along the south (Mariposa) side:
noticed the crane had been taken down at Potrero Launch, but it doesn't look too different. Third St side: