Big Red Crane

Posted on May 22, 2019 by vanbraman

Today at the construction site near our office a big red crane started to do some work.

While I was in Germany last week I was watching the construction cam, and saw that the crane had arrived on site and had been put together on Friday.

Big Crane, Red Crane, Zeiss Innovation Center, Dublin, California, ConstructionThe crane finally went to work today, but mainly just positioning steel beams so that they are ready to be put in place. I was occasionally looking at the construction cam today, but wanted to get a ground level view. I also needed a nice long walk to help combat jet lag.

Here is the view from the side of our building. You can see the big crane peeking over the trees.

Big Crane, Red Crane, Zeiss Innovation Center, Dublin, California, ConstructionI like that they have a flag flying from the top of the crane. I just checked the construction cam and the crane is still standing tall this evening. There is now a blinking light on top of the boom.

Big Crane, Red Crane, Zeiss Innovation Center, Dublin, California, ConstructionHere you can see what the finished building will look like.

Big Crane, Red Crane, Zeiss Innovation Center, Dublin, California, ConstructionI like this picture with the clouds in the background. This is really interesting weather for May in California. There is actually rain in the forecast again for the end of the week.

Big Crane, Red Crane, Zeiss Innovation Center, Dublin, California, ConstructionHere you can see some of the steel beams laying out on the site. It looks like they are all set up to start erecting the building tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how fast the building goes up.

Steven

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Stadtkirche St. Michael

Posted on May 21, 2019 by vanbraman

Whenever I travel to Jena, Germany I will usually take a few pictures of the city church.

Stadtkirche St. Michael, Jena Germany, churches, germanyI will often get night pictures of the building while walking after dinner.

Stadtkirche St. Michael, Jena Germany, churches, germanyThe pictures that I took during this trip were taken while the building was not lit up from the inside. See: Statdkirche St. Michael at Night

Stadtkirche St. Michael, Jena Germany, churches, germanyThe church building is a bit more colorful in the daylight. It has been interesting to see the look of the building change over the years as it underwent a large restoration project. Someday I need to locate some of the pictures that I took almost 20 years ago and post them along with current ones.

Stadtkirche St. Michael, Jena Germany, churches, germanyWith the tall windows the apse of the church looks very interesting. It also looks really cool when lit up from inside at night.

Stadtkirche St. Michael, Jena Germany, churches, germanyThe tower of the church can be seen from many places in the city as it is pretty tall. When I first visited Jena the tower was not quite as tall. The tower was damaged in WWII and the cupola was not rebuilt. The cupola replacement was one of the first steps in the restoration project.

Now I am curious as to whether I have a picture of the tower from one of my first trips. I will have to do some hunting for the pictures.

Steven

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