Here are our favorite photos from the construction site. We will post a new set every month.
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July 2012
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- A crew installs the piping for our upgraded sewer system.
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- Not a bad view for a construction site.
June 2012
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- The bowling alley being demolished to make space for the new Play Lawn.
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- The view from Liggett Hall overlooking the future site of the Play Lawn and Hammock Grove.
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- The placementof silt fences around the site of the future Play Lawn and Hammock Grove ensures sediment from construction does not enter NY Harbor.
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- Barriers were erected around trees to protect their roots and canopies.
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- Upgrades being made to one of the docks at Soissons Landing.
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- Clean general fill from a quarry in upstate New York is smoothed by a steamroller after being shaped by a bulldozer.
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- When filled, these trucks weigh 50 tons.
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- Bulldozers’ grading is controlled by a GPS system which raises, lowers and tilts the blade automatically to match West 8’s drawings.
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