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The Kingdome Comes Down...

June 2001

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060501.jpg (104649 bytes)Tuesday, June 5, 9 a.m. - I'm back!  I had a great visit with Mom in Charleston, SC.  While I was gone they did get the rest of the tri-chord up.  It's going to be interesting to see the work on the northwest lump up close.  The doghouse is still on the northeast lump.  I wonder how they are going to get out there and paint that lump?  The painters have made great progress.  The ironworkers must be prevailing on the painters to keep their advertisement that they painted on the center of the span.
060601.jpg (120505 bytes)Wednesday, June 6, 4:45 p.m. - We're having a beautiful day here.  The painters seem to have forgotten that middle part of the east side arch.  There are more and more concrete posts replacing the steel on the platform for the big scoreboard.  And, in today's photo you can see the web of rope or steel or whatever all over the east side seats.  It looks strange from my terrace but this is the first time I've been able to see it in the photo.
060701.jpg (121797 bytes)Thursday, June 7, 3:30 p.m. - Another beautiful day.  Today's big change, however, is that the flag that's been atop the arch since they joined the center has been taken down!  Maybe they are going to finish it off (the painting, I mean) soon and had to get it out of the way.  
060801.jpg (116032 bytes)Friday, June 8, 3 p.m. - I was right!  They are starting to paint the last of the top span.  My Mom, who is still wondering about where those trees went that used to be atop the northwest tower, thinks that the flag may be in hiding somewhere with the trees!  Although the photo does not show it very well, the big pile o' rocks is slowly getting less big...  It's been there so long now, it's hard to imagine life without it.
060901.jpg (110704 bytes)Saturday, June 9, 1:30 p.m. - The site is very quiet today.  I can't see anyone working.  I did forget to mention that Big Blue has his 'big' back on.  Remember for awhile on the east side he had this huge extension on his crane (hence the name Big Blue)?  Well, he's got it back on now to do the work on the west side.  You can kind of see it in this photo.
061001.jpg (111642 bytes)Sunday, June 10, 1:45 p.m. This time last year we had a big pile o' rocks and a fabulous sky.  Today's sky isn't too shabby but the rocks have been morphed into quite the stadium!
061101.jpg (118343 bytes)Monday, June 11, 3 p.m. - When I went to take the picture today I discovered the crane was depositing a bucket load of workers on the northeast lump!  There are stairs up to there but I guess going up via crane is a bit easier on the knees!  I also spied a group of 'suits' - men and women in hard hats.  Must have been some kind of high level tour.  They, at least, managed it between rains.
061201.jpg (111437 bytes)Tuesday, June 12, 3:15 p.m. - We have a rather dramatic sky today.  And lots of circles.  In most cases you can't see very well, but they all surround little pockets of work going on here and there.  There is a platform just west of the northeast tower that has a bunch of workers on it.  I cannot figure out what they are doing.  And there are lots of workers in the seating areas.  Greg made a trip to the site this weekend and posted a fabulous report of his findings on the ClamCam Forum... check it out.
061301.jpg (119040 bytes)Wednesday, June 13, 4 p.m. - I caught Big Blue in action!  In the top right hand corner of the photo you can see him dropping stick-like things to the little bitty people working on the west side roof.  A gorgeous day here but we're cheated out of a Mariner game by the rain in Denver... :{
061401.jpg (113326 bytes)Thursday, June 14, 3:15 p.m. - There is lots of action around the site today.  The side you can see of the northeast tower has a lot of action.  They were doing a good bit of welding there yesterday and you could see all the sparks flying.  Rich found an interesting article on the real grass/fake grass of the field in the Tacoma News Tribune.
061501.jpg (113490 bytes)Friday, June 15, 2:45 p.m. - Much going on here today...  The arrow on the right points out where they are already starting to lay down some roof on the east side!  The arrow on the left points out a guy who is up there doing godknowswhat - he's been up there for a while and really easy to see with the white background.  And, they are making more painting progress.  But, the big news, the really big news, is that I got a job!!  Starting a week from Monday, I will be the Marketing Communications Manager for Par3 and I'm very excited.  And I don't even have to leave the neighborhood. In fact, I'll be able to see the stadium from my desk!
061601.jpg (109197 bytes)Saturday, June 16, 1 p.m. - Well, they must have been in a scurry yesterday so they could take today off.  There is not a creature stirring on the whole site today.  It's kind of strange - like it's been abandoned.  Creepy almost.
061701.jpg (113111 bytes)Sunday, June 17, 2:45 p.m. - It's just a perfect day outside and nobody is wasting it working on the site.  I can't even see any security guards!  This time last year, it looks like it was a nice day, too.  If it weren't for the cranes, the picture on this day last year would be deadly dull!!
061801.jpg (120815 bytes)Monday, June 18, 4 p.m. - Lots of action around the site today... The weekend must have been good for everyone.   You can barely see in the top right hand corner of the picture, but there is a tiny patch of roof that is getting done.  There is a whole crowd of people up there right now like maybe they are having a meeting... Seems to me they could find a more handy place to meet.
061901.jpg (116527 bytes)Tuesday, June 19, 2:45 p.m. - There's a new bit of activity just to the right of the base of the grand scoreboard.  I cannot tell what's going on quite yet.  But, see that gap between the scoreboard and the west tower?  It's not here on the east side.  It's for the cranes and other big machines to get out when they are done working inside.  Once they are out of the field area, that side of the scoreboard base will look just like the other one.
062001.jpg (119757 bytes)Wednesday, June 20, 4 p.m. - Well, the painting is done!  Except I hope they don't forget that they still need to do the beaks.  I can't see the one on the south end but the one on the north end needs to lose its dog house and then get painted.  I think the white is just spectacular.  It just gleams from everywhere.
062101.jpg (120300 bytes)Thursday, June 21, 3 p.m. - I just noticed that the scaffolding is gone from the west side of the northeast tower and the brick facade has been put on that wall.  It's so subtle that you might not even be able to pick it out of the photo. They sprayed water on it today which is what made me notice it.  Very cool.
062201.jpg (108267 bytes)Friday, June 22, 2:15 p.m. - Check it out... we've got seat action!  Or something... From the terrace it looks like they have placed big blocks of Styrofoam on a section of seats.  Interesting material choice, don't you think?  Also in today's red circle are the suites.  You can't tell from the photo but the glass is already installed in all those suites.  Maybe, during the game, I can spy on the folks in the suites... I'll need to upgrade my binoculars.  But, I have a while.
062301.jpg (111681 bytes)Saturday, June 23, 3:45 p.m. - We've got more Styrofoam seating added today.  I'm sure it's not Styrofoam but it sure does look like it even with the binoculars.  Also there's an annex getting started just to the right of the base for the big scoreboard.  In today's really big photo you can see more of the work they are doing on the west side roof.
062401.jpg (105515 bytes)Sunday, June 24, 11:45 a.m. - I can't see any action on the site today but the big news was last night.  About 9:45 I started hearing sirens.  This is not all that unusual as there is a fire station two blocks from here.  But, I kept hearing them and lots of them.  I finally got up and went to look.  Several large fire trucks and several ambulances and lots of support vehicles all with their sirens on and lights flashing were going into the stadium work site!  They went around the northwest tower into the bowl.  I saw a couple of guys running like mad from the security station at the north end over towards the bowl.  But, I couldn't see much else.  About 15 minutes later, they started leaving.  There was nothing on the news or in the newspaper last night or this morning so I'm sure hoping it was a huge false alarm.  (Oh, and per usual on Sunday, the photo on the right is from this day last year.
062501.jpg (120010 bytes)Monday, June 25, 5:30 p.m. - Today was the first day of my new job and it was such a full day that I didn't get home during the day.  By the time I did get home, there was no one working on the site.  Turns out I cannot see the site from our offices.  There's a corner of a building in the way - so no office cam.  
062601.jpg (111357 bytes)Tuesday, June 26, 5:15 p.m. - Again today, most everyone is gone.  But, it does look like there is increasing action in the center there (red circle) - more materials getting ready to build my view blocker, er Big Score Board.  
062701.jpg (108768 bytes)Wednesday, June 27, 1:30 p.m. - They are rearranging the Styrafoam seat things.  I still can't figure out what the heck those white things are.  I put a circle around an area that near the northwest tower.  You can't see it really well, but they have installed standards there (the orange ones) and, I suspect, are getting ready to install the same kind of stairway thing that they have on the northeast tower.  
062801.jpg (122713 bytes)Thursday, June 28, 5:30 p.m. - Ok, now I'm getting worried.  In today's circle you can see where they are building out that platform towards the west side.  The problem is, that both of the big blue cranes are still inside!  Do you think they might have forgotten?  Getting those suckers out could get very tricky... On the other hand, maybe they could be woven into the games!  Oh and yesterday I said that I thought they were getting ready to install those stair like things on the west tower (like you can easily see on this side of the east tower).  Well, they are already there and were there yesterday, I just didn't see 'em.
062901.jpg (121374 bytes)Friday, June 29, 5 p.m. - They are really building up that base and I am now getting seriously worried about how they are going to get those cranes out!  This is crazy!  They are really working on the west side now.  It's just that we can't see it from my post.
063001.jpg (107081 bytes)Saturday, June 30, 1:30 p.m. - You can see today that there is still a bit of a path for the cranes to escape.  But, I got a note from Terry who says that a bigger crane could just come in and pluck the blues right out of there.  That would be amazing to see.  Today it is quiet on the site but I can see, over the corner of the west wall, that at least one of the blues is working.

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