Crane City

[GRDadof3 1736]

I miss discussions about tower cranes. Will we ever see those days again?

 

Just to put you back in the mood...

 

http://gizmodo.com/watch-two-crazy-people-climb-the-worlds-second-tallest-1521382204?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

[John E 9]

It was a lot of fun when Medical Mile, River House Condos, JW Marriott and others were being constructed.

[mpchicago 172]

WOW - That was making my stomach churn a little.

 

Here is a little towercrane blast from the past:

 

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/34475-downtown-gr-uber-construction-photo-thread/

[GRDadof3 1736]

I watched it in full screen and I was seriously having a psychological reaction: palms sweating, heart racing. The three scenes that really got me were when the one guy crosses the cross bars in the middle, when the loose grate suddenly raises up in his hands, and when the guy actually stands on the pulley at the top. No wind up there??? How is that possible?

[GRDadof3 1736]

This is a pretty cool sight to see. Cranes erecting a massive steel girder system for the roof of a new chapel at Cornerstone University. I saw them bringing in the pieces on those wide load semi trailers last week and wondered where they were headed.

 

The picture doesn't really do it justice as far as scale goes.

 

[elcelc 48]

One more is squeezing into Medical Mile right now.  A new Hampton Inn next to Women's Health Center.

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/05/mid_towne_village_is_back_on_t.html

[wingbert 475]

This is a pretty cool sight to see. Cranes erecting a massive steel girder system for the roof of a new chapel at Cornerstone University. I saw them bringing in the pieces on those wide load semi trailers last week and wondered where they were headed.

 

The picture doesn't really do it justice as far as scale goes.

 

 

 

My steeple is bigger than your steeple so God loves me more.

[GRDadof3 1736]

One more is squeezing into Medical Mile right now.  A new Hampton Inn next to Women's Health Center.

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/05/mid_towne_village_is_back_on_t.html

 

Ooolllldddd news.

My steeple is bigger than your steeple so God loves me more.

 

Better than the Ada Bible (pole barn) Church on Knapp near Maguire. What a horrible looking building that is, unless you're processing eggs.

 

A lot of churches, much like performing arts centers, use architecture to inspire.

[elcelc 48]

Ooolllldddd news.

 

Better than the Ada Bible (pole barn) Church on Knapp near Maguire. What a horrible looking building that is, unless you're processing eggs.

 

A lot of churches, much like performing arts centers, use architecture to inspire.

But nnneeeewwww cranes.

[GRDadof3 1736]

But nnneeeewwww cranes.

 

That is true. And I saw one up the other day.