Interesting. A lot of the street substrate must have been washed away. The sewer probably leaked for decades before the street finally cave-in. Well recorded by you. Paul
On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:46 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Reminds me of the Frazier episode where they started off bringing in one guy > to fix a small scratch on the hardwood floor and ended up pretty much > rewiring and re-drywalling the whole apartment. > > That's quite amazing considering it started with basically a big potholes! > > Well captured, Ann. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> > Sent: July 3, 2012 7/3/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Peso - before and after > > Well, two pesos - the first on I posted a few days ago.. but here it is > again for reference: > BEFORE - > http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/1921825843_TQCmx6B/Large > > go to the next photo with the arrow in my gallery or click on this > hot link : > AFTER > http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/1943785942_5XpW8wD/Large > > This excavation in response to the sinkhole was attended to remarkably > quickly, actually. What caused the sink to begin with was a broken > sewage line, I'm told by one of the workmen. In the process of digging > a gas line was ruptured (glad I didnt know that before!) which has been > repaired and the folks on that side of the street are supposed to have > gas service back tonight. The sewage conduit is 100 years old and made > of brick, my source said. > > Today was the first time I could see the May Day sign in the same light > as the rest of the scene. > > Just a wee bit of photo journalism. > > There is a local contract dispute going on at Con Ed... The workers were > locked out by management (sunday ? I think Sunday midnight) and > work is being done by management - I think the guy I talked to today > was a management guy, given the dispute is not settled yet. > > ann > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
