Marwalk’s Blog

This is the day before the “Spotsylvania Stars & Stripes Spectacular” for June 28th.

Here are the latest pictures, going clockwise starting at the schoolyard:
See Spotsylvania Courthouse Village—Chronology in Pictures to see the abbreviations spelled out.

• SYW (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  One of the portable lighting units pre-placed for Sunday’s festivities. The lettering on the first building reads: “The Pear Tree” and “Village Sales & Marketing.”
• RACSB (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  Perspective includes the wood chip roof of the corner structure and the lettering on the first building.
• SLDR (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  Notice that the Jersey barriers are gone. You now can drive on Old Battlefield Boulevard, although the manhole covers in the street still mound up some and there are a few other rough spots in the pavement.
• BRE2 (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
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• BRE1 (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
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• OBB (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  No Jersey barrier here either.

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The small structure where Old Battlefield Blvd. joins Brock Road gets its roof on—next for the roofing.

Here are the latest pictures, going clockwise starting at the schoolyard:

See Spotsylvania Courthouse Village—Chronology in Pictures to see the abbreviations spelled out.

• SYW (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)

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• RACSB (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)

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• SLDR (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)

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• BRE2 (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)

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• BRE1 (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)

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• OBB (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)

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mcw

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Penelope & Friends

The world of humans and other hominids as seen through the eyes of perceptive animals. Three of these animals are “characters” from the Earth Alien Trilogy, and they sometimes might even talk about the people in the Earth Alien novels. Feed available also via html.

Brick and stone work practically completed on the Brock Road side of the second building; five separate facades visible, with a change in type of brick from one to the next. Compare this to the sign posted on the site:

Sign showing concept of how the completed village should appear:

Here are the latest pictures, going clockwise starting at the schoolyard:
See Spotsylvania Courthouse Village—Chronology in Pictures to see the abbreviations spelled out.

• SYW (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  …
• RACSB (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  …
• SLDR (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  …
• BRE2 (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  Here’s the best view of the contrasting facades on the second building. Look closely to see the stonework on the first story. The street from BRE3, which runs out from the second building, and adjacent parking lot have been paved since start of construction on the 2nd building.

• BRE1 (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  …
• OBB (click thumbnail for larger picture in your web browser)
  
  …

mcw

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Penelope & Friends

The world of humans and other hominids as seen through the eyes of perceptive animals. Three of these animals are “characters” from the Earth Alien Trilogy, and they sometimes might even talk about the people in the Earth Alien novels. Feed available also via html.