{"id":23145,"date":"2017-04-30T22:50:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=23145"},"modified":"2026-01-31T22:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:56:53","slug":"what-comes-down-must-go-upway-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=23145","title":{"rendered":"2025 – What Comes Down Must Go Up\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026WAY up! (Part 2 – APRIL 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since I\u2019m still way behind and it\u2019s the middle of May, I\u2019m going to go by month, so this will be the best of April.<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 3<\/strong> – You\u2019d better be a pretty good driver to maneuver something like this vehicle in a lot like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 4<\/strong> – I won\u2019t tell you what I first thought when I saw this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 14<\/strong>\u00a0– Two views of a heavy-duty crane:<\/span><\/p>\n

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See what it’s carrying? It looks like a concrete room:<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 15<\/strong> – At the crew\u2019s Tax Day party, the DJ holds up his favorite record:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This looks like the guy we saw on April 4 with the pipes\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cGotta keep those local photographers from seein\u2019 what we\u2019re doin\u2019 in here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A pretty tree sprouts from an excavator:<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 17<\/strong> – Two views of the man on the corner of Main and Passaic streets:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yet a third view of the same man, PLUS\u2026\u2026.two cement mixers, a cement pumper AND my apartment (on top, way in the back):<\/span><\/p>\n

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A very similar view to the shot I ended my previous post with, but this one is closer and excludes the cement pumper:<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 19<\/strong> – A grave for the world\u2019s tallest person? <\/span>Actually, I have to pair this shot with one I took 6 days earlier (top image):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some rebar:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(In case you get thirsty lugging all that iron around…….)<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 22<\/strong> – Another truck I can’t imagine having to back into this lot with such precision:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A little more rebar:<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 23<\/strong> – Here\u2019s a white cement pumper that appears to be taller than the buildings on the horizon, which are (upper left): St. Joseph\u2019s Church on Palisade Avenue in Bogota\u2026\u2026.and behind that are hi-rises that sit on the Palisades in Fort Lee and Cliffside Park overlooking the Hudson River (there\u2019s an entire valley between the church and those hi-rises):<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 24<\/strong> – The Rebar Family poses for the tripoded camera:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Someone\u2019s trying to move in already? (BTW – the moving company is called \u201cPiece of Cake\u201d):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The reason I took this picture of the orange crane that\u2019s attached to nothing is because of the blue crane, which belongs to an entirely different project: that black-and-white building that\u2019s on Passaic St between Main St and River St:<\/span><\/p>\n

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It advertises itself as a luxury building\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026how many of those have you ever seen located right next to a McDonald\u2019s?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, back at our<\/em> project, up pops a stairway to……..Komat’su?<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 25<\/strong> – Doesn\u2019t this cement pumper seem to be taking two wildly different routes to get to the same place?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the mighty cement mixer\u2019s connection to the huge cement pumper doesn\u2019t seem to be \u201cchute\u201d-ing very much (third pic…………little blue pill time?).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looks like they got things going\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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The \u2026um, \u201creceptacle\u201d gets a needed shower\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..and look at all that \u201cspillage\u201d on the ground!<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 26<\/strong> – Headless\/handless worker still gets the job done:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I thought this was just an odd-lookiing gas pipe, but it was a concrete pipe used for storm water that has since been removed and replaced with a plastic pipe (good thing I asked). Thanks, Chris.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The right-to-left movement of this dark form was way too slow for video, so I hope these 3 stills suffice (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think this was the same piece\u2019s final destination:<\/span><\/p>\n

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or maybe it was here (they all look the same to me):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I happened to be on the site recently when it was pointed out to me that this was a container of fuel for all the site vehicles, so they wouldn\u2019t have to drive an excavator around town to look for a gas station:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I really liked the light and shadows on this one (though the sky’s color is a little weird):<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 28<\/strong> –\u00a0<\/span>Peekaboo!<\/span><\/p>\n

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That looks comfy……..<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 30<\/strong> – This shot of the rebar section was taken from the State St perimeter:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And this one was taken from a few feet north of that location:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This was taken from the northernmost corner of the site, right next to the businesses on Main St (you can see the wall of one of them on the right):<\/span><\/p>\n

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APRIL’S GRAND FINALE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Top half: Orange Jacket and Green Vest are having an animated discussion about who\u2019s king of this hill:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom half: Green Vest retreats to his excavator while Orange Jacket struts around his kingdom, not noticing that Green Vest is about to grab a chunk of mountaintop that\u2019ll send Orange Jacket to Kingdom Come:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Hey –<\/span> When you really have no idea what\u2019s going on, you have to make up stories to fit the pictures – and to keep yourself amused.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next up: May in June<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have a feeling that there may be less to see in upcoming months as verticality increases, but stay tuned…………you never know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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