{"id":25420,"date":"2026-01-07T20:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=25420"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:13:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:13:55","slug":"what-comes-down-must-go-upway-up-part-10-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=25420","title":{"rendered":"What Comes Down Must Go Up\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026WAY Up! (Part 10 – December 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We start off the month with a good sign: Two colorful (red and green – Christmas colors!) – connections over an open space that a white dove (probably a seagull, but \u201cdove\u201d sounds better) has just flown over:<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Five shots of roof work:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interior room work:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This may be the only shot I have of a worker smiling!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think the worker in back is sawing wooden sheets:<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the sawed sheets:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conversation near the connected red-green (now looking a little blue-ish), Christmas-colored line:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Red tubing whose purpose is not apparent to me:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A 5-picture wood delivery:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Work on either a porch shade with a light fixture or a patio for the apartment above:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just think\u2026\u2026\u2026.I may be up on that roof by the end of the month:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Looks a bit more \u201cpopulated\u201d at 1:17am:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And a bit less so 12 hours later:<\/span><\/p>\n

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December 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Seven shots of various people doing various things I know nothing about:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Taking out the trash (THAT I know about):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back to know-nothing:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wood hanging from the southwest corner:<\/span><\/p>\n

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More deliveries:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Painting dull walls a nice color (I was later told it was waterproofing):<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(click to enlarge these 3 PANOs TWICE<\/span> and then twice to go back)<\/span>\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sun reflecting off the windows next door:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Looks like more “night tenants” have moved in:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know what that shadow is, but it looks awfully ugly on that nicely-painted\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.Oops! waterproofed<\/em> wall:<\/span><\/p>\n

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It did go away eventually.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barriers to keep those annoying \u201cnight tenants\u201d out?<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Multiple multiples………..<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These are bases for all the heavy HVAC equipment that will be placed on the roof:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another delivery:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cPatio\u201d is my guess:<\/span><\/p>\n

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While taking this picture, I noticed this sun-brightened section that never stuck out like this before (second pic):<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a plastic bag tied to something for some reason and blowing sideways in the wind:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a hand-me-up trio:<\/span><\/p>\n

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One-third of this group is not wearing a hard-hat!<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you really want to see what he\u2019s doing, click TWICE to enlarge:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hey – it beats making 16 posts!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only one image needed here:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t look like any<\/em> kind of glass to me:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are these two communicating?<\/span>
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Rooftop assault in full view of midtown Manhattan:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The march of the rooftop HVAC bases:<\/span>\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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More unidentified red tubing\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..and unidentified garbage:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Checking the growth of a toddler wall:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bribing a worker with wood for a \u201cnight tenant\u201d room:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(no wonder he covers his face)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cleaning out the rooms for new night tenants:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 12<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Where\u2019s that \u201chand-me-up\u201d team when you need them?<\/span><\/p>\n

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He was told to go stand in a corner\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.on a ladder:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking up to the guys in the buckets:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The picture on the left of the top floor southwest corner unit was taken from home. The picture on the right was taken later that day as I was driving down Passaic St. They show guys working in or near that top-floor corner unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I hadn\u2019t been doing walkarounds lately, so this shot showed me that the easternmost third of the building had already been Typar-covered, which told me to resume the walkarounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 13<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This photo shows midtown Manhattan atop the midnight tenants\u2019 partying area (which still shows that ugly shadow on the recently painted\/waterproofed wall section):<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This guy looks befuddled as to how to get this vehicle started and what it\u2019s for, so he leaves (Note: it stayed in that spot for a long time afterward):<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Baby\u2019s (building’s)<\/span> first snowstorm at 10:00am and 2:50pm:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Why shovel when the wind will remove the snow for you?<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 16<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Nothin\u2019 like 100% compliance with the hardhat rule:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 18<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wind and rain (and that partially-visible vehicle still hasn\u2019t budged):<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Nine more shots of patio installation\u2026\u2026\u2026.at least I think<\/em> that\u2019s what it is (You might need 3 clicks to fully-enlarge this one):<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 22<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It looks like there might be at least one case of non-compliance with the hardhat requirement:<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the \u201chand-me-up\u201d guys shows up on the wrong floor:<\/span><\/p>\n

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These are exhaust fans for the parking garage:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main St shot taken through the green fence covering on Passaic St:<\/span><\/p>\n

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PANO: The Main St side of the building – now almost completely Typar-covered (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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PANO: the Passaic St side of the building – now about half Typar-covered (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 23<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Taken from home while it was snowing, this shows the Typar-wrapped corners of the Main St fa\u00e7ade from behind:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 26<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Teamwork:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Same place: Step over<\/em> or step on<\/em>? (It appears to have to do with what color your hardhat is):<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Note the corner of the Main St side fa\u00e7ade where the leftover Typar is wrapped around it\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.this time, without the snow.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three different ING mindsets: Hammering<\/span>, Contemplating<\/span> and Littering<\/span> (It\u2019s possible there was a plastics recycling bin below the litterer, which would change the ING from \u201cLittering\u201d to \u201cTossing\u201d):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time for a worshipping (another ING) break at the Cola Altar, where one of the worshipper\u2019s hard hats is part of the service:<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the workers is totally fed-up with all this ____ING around (use your 4-letter imagination):<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 28<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Look what\u2019s STILL on the roof:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And look where I wanna be in two days:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 29<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The next-to-last sunset of the year looks good on the building and then on midtown Manhattan:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I took this shot just after 1am. I\u2019m not aware of Foschini Park field lights being on that late, but what else could it be?<\/span><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER 30<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing that this threesome shows a vent pipe?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wind-blown Typar:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Painting\/waterproofing pix from home…………<\/span><\/p>\n

These two look pretty much the same, but the difference is that the one on the right was taken a couple of hours after the left one, when the sun caused two opposite-building window reflections to show up on the wall:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026big deal, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Closeup:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Closerup (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Remember this shot\u2026\u2026\u2026..it\u2019ll pop up later:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time to head on over to the site. The project manager (Chris) and I worked it out for me to get up on the roof today at 1:30pm. He had about 20 minutes for me, so there was no time to waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

First stop: that same wall up-close.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PANO (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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No one\u2019s home (lunchtime).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next stop: I took this sequence on my way to meet Chris (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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And then one more while crossing Passaic St by the appointed corner (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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We were to meet at Main and Passaic Streets and he was quite prompt. We walked up to the truck entrance on Passaic St and entered the building. Unfortunately, the elevators were not yet working, so we had to trudge up 6 flights of stairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest here: he breezed up the steps and I was the trudger. I survived 4 flights OK, but needed a break every few steps after that. When I finally got to 6 (the roof), I told him that I couldn\u2019t remember the last time that I was THIS winded!<\/span><\/p>\n

And I wasn\u2019t kidding – it was brutal!<\/span><\/p>\n

When I recovered (sort of), I got the bad news that because of ice on the roof, my explorations would be severely<\/em> limited. That meant NO great views from anywhere near the roof\u2019s edges, so I only got to take two PANOs from close to the stairwell.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the first one (click twice to fully-enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lotta stuff, but nowhere near what I could have gotten closer to the edge. (but I can<\/em> see my apartment in this one)<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the best part<\/em> of that PANO (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s another PANO in a different direction (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope I\u2019ll get another chance to do something better before all the HVAC equipment is loaded onto the roof. The ice wasn\u2019t that bad, but it wasn\u2019t up to me and I understand the need for absolute safety. It should take one day above 32\u00ba to melt what was there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Chris came up with a good idea. If we walked down a floor, I could shoot from open window spaces in apartments, which would be somewhat similar to shooting from roof edges, but that wound up only happening in one corner of the building (albeit the best one).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s what I got from that 5th-floor corner apartment (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I like this one a lot. It\u2019s the intersection of Main St and Passaic St:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the soon-to-not-exist former YMCA (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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This shows Passaic St with Main St on the left and untrimmed Typar (anti-draft building wrap) on the right, along with the Hackensack hi-rise buildings and Hackensack Hospital up on the hill (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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(BTW – the hi-rise tenants pay 3 times my rent to look at my old building while I pay 1\/3 of that to look at theirs.)<\/p>\n

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This PANO goes from the abandoned Sears on the left to the YMCA with the Hackensack River in the background (I moved a couple of rooms to the left to get a better view of the river) Click to enlarge:<\/span><\/p>\n

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At this point, Chris suggested we walk over to another area for an interior perspective. Here\u2019s what that looked like (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The building I\u2019m shooting from is at 359 Main. Next door to the right is 389 Main. But way in the distance between them is 430 Union, where a certain photographer lives. And he\u2019s been kind enough to place his watermark right below his apartment, including the big picture-window where he shoots all his big pictures:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now that the day\u2019s \u201cbig\u201d excitement is over, it\u2019s time to head back downstairs. But before we get to the stairwell, Chris points out something he thinks is photo-worthy and I agree:<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the stairs, I look down and see a few floors of steps and take a picture (left half). There\u2019s something bluish-purpley at the bottom, so I zoom in (right half) for a better shot (click to enlarge…………..slightly):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mind you – I\u2019m shooting everything with just my phone, which I think did a pretty decent job. I can’t shoot PANOs without it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Downstairs, Chris points out an interesting, photo-worthy apparatus and I agree again:<\/span><\/p>\n

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We exchanged \u201cHappy New Year\u201ds and I headed back to that big blue wall because – I don\u2019t know if you noticed – but in that closer shot of my building (4 pix above), this crane was visible and had them working high up on the wall, so now I can get a couple of the closeup shots I wanted at lunchtime\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026like these two:<\/span><\/p>\n

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NOW I can go home.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BUT\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..remember that AM shot I told you to keep in mind (\u201cRemember this shot\u2026\u2026\u2026..it\u2019ll pop up later\u201d.)?<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought it might show which window I shot from when I took the photo that included my building (5 pictures ago).<\/span><\/p>\n

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It did! (It\u2019s X\u2019d):<\/span><\/p>\n

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How do I know that\u2019s the window?<\/span><\/p>\n

To the right of that window, there\u2019s an obstruction – a ladder. The window to the left shows a wooden, mid-section bar. Look at this PANO once again on the far right\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..the wooden bar! (Click blah, blah, blah)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks if you made it all the way through and (a very late) Happy New Year to you all!<\/span><\/p>\n

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December 1 We start off the month with a good sign: Two colorful (red and green – Christmas colors!) – connections over an open space that a white dove (probably a seagull, but \u201cdove\u201d sounds better) has just flown over:   Five shots of roof work:   Interior room work: This may be the only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25420"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25575,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25420\/revisions\/25575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}