City Library Renovation Ramping Up

 

 

Buddy, Can You Spare A Belt?

 

 

Unfurling

 

 A new Swiss Cheese plant (Monstera) leaf expands 

from its tightly curled up shape.

Backseat Driver

 

 

The Grin

 

 

Mosaic Polychromatic

 

 

Right on The Nose

 

 

Better It Than You

 

 

Kyle: Up Too Close

 

Kyle Has The Munchies

 

 Meet Kyle the Venus flytrap catching a meal on the fly.  Pardon his manners.

Concrete Progress

 

When the Plattsburgh Public Library entrance renovations are completed the new ramp will be ADA compliant.

Dug In

 

 

 Plattsburgh Public Library entrance reconstruction continues.

The Poke

 

 

Impressionism

 

 

Lifeline

 

 It only took two hours to create this image (focus stacking.)

Supermoon Partial Eclipse

 

 

Blue Hour Glow

 

 

Flower Flow

 

 

Happy Worker

 

 

PPL Renovations Continue Step By Step

 

 

Hungry For Work

As part of the construction project to replace the entrance at the Plattsburgh Public Library the front steps are closed for demolishment and replacement.  Access to the building is being provided with a temporary ramp on the Brinkerhoff Street side. The construction machine in the photo seems to be ravenous. 

Digging In

Work continues at the Plattsburgh Public Library to replace the old ramp and front steps.  The new ramp will be ADA compliant.

Earwig (BURP)

 

 

Eye Of The Artist

 

 

Rare Subject: Melissa Blue Butterfly

 

 

Ramping Down Then Up

 

 

PLATTSBURGH CITY, NY - 8/29/24

Construction workers have demolished the old concrete ramp at the Plattsburgh Public Library.  A new ramp will be installed featuring better access for people with disabilities.  A temporary ramp has been installed leading to a side entrance.  The front steps will also be demolished as part of a complete reconstruction of the library’s front entrance.

WARNING

 

 PLATTSBURGH CITY, NY    Apparently the dogshit problem downtown has become so severe that traffic barrels are being deployed to alert pedestrians.

 

 

Green On Green

 

Patriotic Platform

 

 

Marigold -- Detail

 

 

Tindo On The Go

 

Biker dog, back seat.

 

 

 

 

 

Glistening

 

 

Peering In

 

 

Heat, Hydration, Rest

 

 

The Details Are Fuzzy

 

 

Mottled Duskywing

While having features of a moth a duskywing is classified as a butterfly.

 

 

Portal

 

 

Nature's Beauty

 

 

Wheelchair Gauntlet

 

 There's even less room when people are sitting down.

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990.

New Addition

 

What's with this new railing?  Slope leading to street too steep?

Frozen Burst

 

 

Green Sheen

 

 

Chroma Center

 

 

Red Admiral - Detail

 

 

Red Admiral

Flood Factor

© 2024 Luke T Bush

PLATTSBURGH CITY, NY - 02/21/24

Yesterday some shops along Margaret Street were flooded out during a torrential downpour.  I've lived in the downtown area for decades and have never seen such flooding. 

 

 

Some shops ended up with saturated carpets.  One business operating out of a basement spot had its ceiling cave in according to one shop owner.  The shop owner also noted that most businesses don't have flood insurance because a deluge like yesterday has never happened downtown.

Last year downtown renovations included the streets and sidewalks.  Some people are blaming improper street grading for the flooding.

 

As part of the renovations slopes were added to the sidewalks for accessing the streets.  The accompanying photo shows a wide and steep ramp way that must have made it easy for rainwater to gush into the street.  Level sidewalks wouldn't cause the rainwater to concentrate and flow so quickly.

Not everything can be blamed on climate change.

(Flood images from the Facebook group Save Durkee Street Parking Lot.)