tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995156518473214752024-03-05T05:20:36.087-08:00How to Build a Substation A chronicle of the CTA substation project on the Red Line between Loyola and Morse stations in Chicago (with occasional posts about other construction projects)Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-22361110464932926732015-04-23T22:34:00.001-07:002015-05-16T18:32:43.336-07:00Year 3, Day 175: Six Months Later<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Sad to say that six months after the completion of the substation, the entire western wall is covered with graffiti. There is more graffiti on the yellow control boxes and a smaller tag on the north wall. So much effort went into the building of the substation, using high-quality materials and skilled craftsmen, that it's heartbreaking to see how quickly it's been defaced. I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures, but i had to take them through the window of a moving Red Line train.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">*** UPDATE 16 May 2015: I'm happy to report that the graffiti has been cleaned off of the building. Let's hope it stays graffiti-free!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Two years ago today, the substation project and this blog began. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Although the major work has been finished since the end of July, it seems that there is always one more detail in need of completion. Here's what's been done over the course of the past week and a half.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">My farewell to the substation crew was premature. Apparently, the CTA has added a thing or two to the honey-do list. And so, on this cold, damp weekend, the crew is back in full force, installing a drainage pipe at track level. I imagine that their thoughts on being back here again, are much like those expressed by Michael Corleone in <i>The Godfather: Part III</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Postscript: Since the substation has to be finished eventually, i've started a new construction-related blog, <a href="http://watchingotherpeoplework.blogspot.com/">Watching Other People Work</a>. I don't expect to update it nearly as often as i've done with this one, but when i see an interesting construction or demolition site, i'll snap a few pictures and post them. The first post is on the work currently underway at the newly renamed Jane Byrne Interchange.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It's hard to believe, but the substation project is finally complete, just twenty days short of the two-year mark. The grand finale was remarkably anticlimactic: I thought there would be a ribbon-cutting, or fireworks, or something, but no, the substation went on line without fanfare, sometime within the past few weeks. The last task was the completion of some simple landscaping. A layer of soil and mulch was added on top of the gravel bed, and then some low-growing ground cover was added today. Finally, all the remaining equipment was removed from the site, with the exception of the work trailer--now empty--which i assume will be removed within the next day or so. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">When this project was first announced, i dreaded the thought of spending a couple of years living in the shadow of a loud, dirty, disruptive construction site. But then i reminded myself how much i've always enjoyed watching construction and demolition projects, and i realized what a unique opportunity this was to have a bird's-eye view of such a unique process. Once i made that mental shift, the whole thing became an adventure and a learning experience. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This will, i imagine, be my last post on this blog. It's been a long and interesting journey. I've learned a lot from observing the building of the substation, but even more from the generosity of the crew, who seemed always ready to give me a few minutes of their time to explain some aspect of the job or email me to clear up anything that i was uncertain about. I'm especially grateful to the CTA for </span><a href="http://howtobuildasubstation.blogspot.com/2014/05/year-2-day-184-30-april-2014.html"><span style="color: blue;">allowing me to go where no civilian has gone before</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06;">--inside the </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">sanctum sanctorum</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">, the nearly finished substation--on the first of May. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">My other blogs--</span><a href="http://msdemeanorsphotodujour.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Ms. Demeanor's Photo du Jour</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06;">, </span><a href="http://dogsofrogerspark.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Dogs of Rogers Park</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06;">, and </span><a href="http://tatteredfilmpalace.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Tattered Film Palace</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06;">--are still more or less active, and i hope you'll drop by to visit me there. I suspect that at some point in the future i will go into withdrawal and feel the need to start up another construction-related blog, but for now at least, i'm taking off my hardhat and saying toodle-oo. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-63446098899869035632014-09-27T18:13:00.003-07:002014-10-09T14:52:32.459-07:00Year 2, Day 333: 27 September 2014: Finishing the Retaining Wall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It's been a while since there's been this much action at the substation. The wooden forms were all in place first thing this morning, and the concrete truck soon arrived to pour the new upper section of the wall at the north end of the site. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-69468562403792226252014-09-18T21:57:00.000-07:002014-09-23T20:25:33.860-07:00Year 2, Day 324: 18 September 2014: Another Brick in the Wall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">These two gentlemen are involved in extending the concrete wall at the corner of Farwell and Glenwood, and they took a few minutes to explain to me what they are doing. The wooden forms give an indication of how high the finished wall will be. They told me that there will be some plants added to the small triangle of ground at the top of the wall. I put in my request for a peach tree, but i doubt that there will be anything quite so elaborate as that. Thanks for posing, guys! </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-88411700376883328562014-09-09T14:07:00.000-07:002014-09-09T14:07:30.725-07:00Year 2, Day 315: 9 September 2014: Back to the Substation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I don't know if it is a form of Stockholm Syndrome, but over the course of twenty months of occasionally floor-shakingly noisy construction right outside my window, i grew to love the substation project. And now that the major construction is done and there is rarely any discernible activity on the site, i find myself missing it. I tried to generate some interest in the water-main replacement work on Farwell, but honestly, i just want that job to be done as quickly as possible so we can all go back to parking our cars and taking our bubble-baths in peace and quiet. I simply can't generate the same kind of interest in that job as i did to the substation. So, i was delighted today to see a handful of workers back on the job today, working on the small gravel slope at the north end of the substation. At the end of the day, it looked like they were still in the middle of doing whatever they are doing, so i hope to have more to report in the coming days. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-91348940325156747762014-09-04T18:38:00.001-07:002014-09-04T18:38:13.417-07:00Year 2, Day 310: 4 September 2014; New Chapter: Replacing the Water Mains on Farwell Ave. (Week 2 Continues)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The water main work continues moving steadily eastward. I happened upon this interesting scene this morning while walking the dog. As you can imagine, this huge, heavy, and ungainly piece of concrete (I think it's called a catch basin, but am not 100% sure) made very slow progress as it was transported east on Farwell. I saw it approaching from Ashland, and it travelled like this to about Lakewood.</span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-35809860379311745862014-09-02T16:31:00.000-07:002014-09-02T16:31:54.553-07:00Year 2, Day 308: 2 September 2014; New Chapter: Replacing the Water Mains on Farwell Ave. (Week 2 Begins)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">But the bigger story of the moment continues to be the water main replacement work on Farwell. Regrettably, i was not on the spot early this morning, but was told by a reliable source that the existing water main was hit and briefly did its best impersonation of Buckingham Fountain. Nevertheless, the work is proceeding very quickly and it looks like the major work (aside from repaving) has been completed between Wayne and Glenwood. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Meanwhile, another of my reliable sources encountered someone from AT&T spray-painting markings on the roadway on the section of Glenwood east of the L tracks between Pratt and Farwell. When asked, the man explained that AT&T will be digging up the street for some reason or other. Yay to infrastructure upgrades; boo to additional headaches for car owners. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-87176739971841830192014-08-30T08:59:00.002-07:002014-08-30T08:59:34.767-07:00Year 2, Day 305: 30 August 2014; New Chapter: Replacing the Water Mains on Farwell Ave. Labor Day Weekend Special<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It's Labor Day weekend, a time to put work aside and enjoy these last days of summer. Even the machines are at rest, reposing here on the 1400 block of Farwell, until it is time to get back to the business of replacing water mains next week.</span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-45020074113667609182014-08-29T18:27:00.001-07:002014-08-29T20:54:23.785-07:00Year 2, Day 304: 29 August 2014; New Chapter: Replacing the Water Mains on Farwell Ave. (Week 1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The water main replacement seems to be progressing quickly and smoothly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Just be careful where you park, folks, or you might get towed! </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-35184887073027785212014-08-23T21:40:00.000-07:002014-08-23T21:40:04.202-07:00Year 2, Day 298: 23 August 2014; New Chapter: Replacing the Water Mains on Farwell Ave. (Day 1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It seems only fitting that i have moved and lost my my unique vantage point on the substation now that the project is just about complete. I still live close enough to see most of what's going on, but in all honesty, there isn't much activity to record anymore. I will maintain the running count of days since the project began until the substation is fully operational; but in the meantime, i thought i'd shift gears a bit and record the latest in a seemingly never-ending series of neighborhood improvements: the replacement of the water mains on Farwell Ave. Since i assume that many of my readers either live in Rogers Park or like looking at pictures of big machinery in operation, this will hopefully fill the void created by the end of major construction on the substation. I doubt that i will have the same kind of helpful access to information from the water main crew as i have had from the substation team, but i should at least be able to get some good pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Work began on the project yesterday and, according to the no-parking signs posted, is due to be completed within one month (fingers crossed). As inconvenient as it will be to once again lose parking spaces on Farwell (and presumably have at least a portion of the street closed to traffic), it's hard to argue with the need to replace 100-year-old water mains. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-24049129229925004682014-08-02T10:02:00.003-07:002014-08-02T10:02:58.165-07:00Year 2, Day 277: 2 August 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The substation has been a busy place this past week, as things are being inspected and the final details are being taken care of. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On Thursday, the last of the fencing was taken down from under the viaduct, and workers and inspectors were on the newly painted lower roof to make sure things are working as they should.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On Friday, the conduit was removed from the viaduct, while other last minute activity went on at track level. The work trailer was also removed at some point on Friday afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">By Saturday morning, the sidewalk on the south side of Farwell was open for the first time in 21 months! There is still some landscaping work that needs to be done, and the gravel slope visible in the picture directly above will get some added terracing, but the end of this long project is on the horizon and the substation is very close to being up and running. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-48294838843381173882014-07-25T11:19:00.004-07:002014-07-25T11:19:59.300-07:00Year 2, Day 269: 25 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This solitary worker was putting some finishing touches on the area around the boxes on the lower roof on Thursday and Friday. Otherwise, it's continue to be pretty quiet in the last half of the week. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-87855078052327135542014-07-22T13:12:00.001-07:002014-07-22T13:12:07.468-07:00Year 2, Day 266: 22 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The track work continued this morning. </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">As the few remaining workers make their way through the punch list on the interior of the substation, there aren't many opportunities for action shots or much new to report.</span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-51109061672409293812014-07-19T20:15:00.002-07:002014-07-19T20:15:38.774-07:00Year 2, Day 263: 19 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-90089450634592174892014-07-18T10:46:00.002-07:002014-07-18T10:46:21.538-07:00Year 2, Day 262: 18 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I haven't posted much lately because there hasn't been much to see. The work on the exterior of the substation seems to be finished (although there is some activity on the roof today). The work on the interior also seems to be close to completion; it looks like a lot of what's been happening lately has been related to final inspections to make sure everything is as it should be. There has been a good bit of activity on the tracks this week -- as these pictures show -- and i assume that means we are very close to having a fully operational substation.</span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-68032393753108366832014-07-10T18:08:00.002-07:002014-07-10T18:08:30.583-07:00Year 2, Day 254: 10 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Every day another of the final details is completed. The area at the north end of the site was filled in with concrete sidewalk today. At the end of the day, the fencing was replaced, but it won't be long now until it is gone for good. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-3755432529682903062014-07-09T14:39:00.000-07:002014-07-09T14:39:02.263-07:00Year 2, Day 253: 9 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here is a glimpse behind the last piece of construction fence, at the north end of the substation site (at the corner of Farwell & Glenwood). The fence was removed briefly today while the concrete ramp (upper picture) and curb (lower picture) were poured. </span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-55150316258506129562014-07-07T19:30:00.001-07:002014-07-07T19:30:04.104-07:00Year 2, Day 251: 7 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There was more activity at the substation this morning than there's been in a while. The high-voltage electricians in their long dark coats were on the scene checking things out.</span></div>
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-72938612766619761542014-07-04T21:59:00.001-07:002014-07-04T21:59:35.998-07:00Year 2, Day 248: 4 July 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms. Demeanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967679214072802628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599515651847321475.post-21586189608998241682014-06-20T22:08:00.000-07:002014-06-20T22:08:47.973-07:00Year 2, Day 234: 20 June 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Alas, just when i was anticipating a quiet post-substation summer and basking in the luxury of open streets and lots of parking spaces! Someone on the substation crew told me this morning that a crew from the city Water Management Department had been scoping out Farwell Ave. in anticipation of replacing the water mains fromAshland to Sheridan beginning within the next couple of weeks. All i can say is: "Noo-oo-oooo!" Will this never end? I've seen the water main work being done around Loyola Ave. and had read a notice from Joe Moore's office, but somehow completely missed the fact that Farwell was on the list. I was going to post the official announcement from the Water Management Department, but i checked their website and the most recent list they've posted is for May. Because Chicago. At any rate, here is a </span><a href="http://www.ward49.com/site/epage/152940_322.htm"><span style="color: blue;">link to the alderman's post</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06;">. Be alert for last-minute signs about parking restrictions. Because, once again, Chicago. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">And, as though that weren't enough, i came across this notice posted to a utility pole. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">To summarize: there will be noise, noise, and louder noise, plus work lights and restricted access in some areas. I'm really beginning to regret the fact that i was too broke to take that vacation to a secluded spot somewhere in Montana this summer. Hang in there, folks; at some point, all this work has got to come to an end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">For the first time since 9 January 2013, the sidewalk is unobstructed and the street is open to traffic; Doggie Demeanor and i took a stroll right down the middle of the street this afternoon, just because we could. The section of Farwell running under the L viaduct has also reopened to traffic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The substation construction project is finally winding down, and it won't be long until it is completely finished. The building looks beautiful and is now fully visible at ground level, so if you're in the area stroll on over and have a look! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">The fencing was stacked up and carted away, <br />looking much the worse for wear after a year and a half <br />of withstanding the elements.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Smooth sailing under the viaduct</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">At long last, an unobstructed view from the corner of Glenwood and Farwell.</span></td></tr>
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