Something adorable

Come to my window.

On my way out of the parking garage a few weeks ago, I noticed Bartlet watching me from the window. I think he had something important he wanted to tell me.

From nothing, a street

A new Tucker Boulevard is taking shape!
View from one of the north-facing windows at 900 N. Tucker Blvd.

Here's where a street and the Interco Plaza used to be.

Furries in the wild

"You wear the legs; I'll wear the face."

The scene at 900 N. Tucker

Soon, we'll be an island.

Officially, we are an island.

Vee-Jay(-Jay)

Styrofoam + concrete + dirt

The latest conditions on Tucker.

Grand staircase to nowhere

Long legs required.

The North Tucker Styrofoam Project has almost reached street level!

Not an island

How tropical.

The mannequins of Macy's

Nude or this awful frock?

Breezy.

Buttoned up.

Girl, please.

Reverse tight-roll.

Tight. White.

They're a horribly dressed lot.

So long, Interco Plaza

No longer a place to pee.

Hey Kendall what's up

Becarefully

Found in the snow.

Ice, ice, baby

St. Charles Street between 15th and 16th streets

MetroBus shelter at 14th and Washington

Found: doughnuts

Not hot.

New section of Tucker closes for demo

Closed.

Today, workers barricaded the segment of North Tucker Boulevard from Convention to MLK. (In fact, they did so as I was walking to work, and I became briefly trapped in the fenced-in area.)

Also, here's a story by colleague Tim Bryant about what the construction means for downtown.

Girl, you lost your weave

Gross.

Also gross.

Last night, some morons played beauty parlor in our building's community room, complete with a salon hair dryer. Today, the carpet is covered in hair clippings. We just can't have nice things up in here.

I'm quickly becoming That Old Guy Who Complains About His Neighbors All The Time. Only because I'm surrounded by idiots, though.

Styrofoam — not snow

Looking north at North Tucker Boulevard. At right, the Post-Dispatch.
In the distance, with the satellite dishes on its roof, is KDNL.
In the foreground is a chain-link fence to protect us
from falling into the big hole.

Here's the scene on North Tucker Boulevard: A layer of Styrofoam blocks is down, and dirt is going in at the western side of that. I want to go walk on it, but I'm not sure why. This video by my colleague Huy Mach explains a bit of the process and includes some explanation of why this project is necessary.

Also, this just in from our HR department:

Jan. 14: Barriers and fencing will be placed at the south corner of Tucker and MLK and at Tucker and Convention Plaza. Detour signs will also be placed.


Jan. 17: Demolition of Tucker from the south MLK corner to St. Patrick Center will begin. MLK will remain open to traffic.


Jan. 14: A dirt ramp will be built from Interco Plaza to the tunnel under Tucker. Parking on Hadley will not be affected, but there will be increased truck traffic.

White stuff, wintry mix, etc.

Snow angels

Mystery tracks in the snow

Snow Angels (above) and Mystery Tracks In The Snow (you just walk through the snow).
Bonus points if you can name the retro-TV origins.

Girl, you lost your bra

Like school on Sunday

Our loft building, which used to be a little bit fabulous, has quickly become quite pedestrian. You can't swing a cat up in here without hitting someone's underwear discarded in a common area.

Memories in the Dumpster

Dumpster full of the '80s

Memories

Sucks to be David and Angela.

Gone peeing

No. 1 or No. 2?

I'm going to start announcing my whereabouts like this woman at the Culinaria garage tollbooth. She didn't say whether she washed her hands afterward.