{"id":12421,"date":"2015-07-07T19:33:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T23:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=12421"},"modified":"2015-07-07T19:33:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T23:33:38","slug":"deconstruction-university-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/12421","title":{"rendered":"(De)Construction: University Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So University Avenue is going to be closed for a couple months (so they say) so they can drop the road 5 feet for a flat intersection with 3rd street.<\/p>\n<p>The construction started yesterday, so today I walked down to see what has happened so far.<\/p>\n<p>The placement of this sign is apparently to ensure the maximum number of cars ignoring it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19481809006\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/261\/19481809006_2d70d0e5d4_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And having to turn around here. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19481805666\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/376\/19481805666_7126fa62c9_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You didn&#8217;t think I was going to obey that sign, did you?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19501741922\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/289\/19501741922_d46f1f8b31_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is, I am guessing, the section of road that will be dropped 5 feet.Yes, it is already relatively steep. No, I don&#8217;t know what they were thinking.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/18885596224\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3723\/18885596224_5c9fbce369_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am not at ALL sad to see this building go. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19319954810\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/333\/19319954810_8fe21990c5_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Current state of the intersection. I presume nothing is going to happen until that house is down.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/18887046023\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/399\/18887046023_c2e2406a73_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3rd Street <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19321391989\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3823\/19321391989_5fcd645d0f_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beverley. Weirdly, there is a hole in the ground here, behind that pile of gravel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19501273892\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/508\/19501273892_049ee4d557_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just me being easily amused.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19319968918\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/448\/19319968918_4fcbeaf92e_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My supposition is that this is where the re-grading will start.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/19321416389\" title=\"University Avenue Road Construction by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/490\/19321416389_db233db132_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"University Avenue Road Construction\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There you go! The current state of the University Avenue construction project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So University Avenue is going to be closed for a couple months (so they say) so they can drop the road 5 feet for a flat intersection with 3rd street. The construction started yesterday, so today I walked down to see what has happened so far. 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