Friday, October 14, 2005

Mountain of Mud on the South Side

diggings on the site
We are about one month into the construction of the Southside Library, and it's been pretty wet and muddy out there. The construction workers hauling out stones broke early on Monday as they were concerned that they were dropping so much on the streets. In the background of the photo, you can just see the Zona del Sol building which will house youth services such as the Boys and Girls Club, just across the street to the West of the Library.
       A little more about Zona del Sol (after all, they will be one of our closest neighbors), from an email from Ana Gallegos y Reinhardt of Warehouse 21:
       "Zona del Sol in Tierra Contenta becomes alive! Ten years in the making and over 1 million buckaroo's for 5.4 acres of land, architecturial planning, organizational planning and construction for first building. The 2800 sq ft building will be done mid-October. Due to set-up needs it will probably start in January although a grand opening this fall. 1/2 of building will be for 24 YMCA childcare 2-5yr olds and there is a community room for other member programs. Girls Inc. will kick off their Girls program in 2006. Zona and YMCA have offices, there are 4 bathrooms and a kitchen. A playground will be created and used by YMCA...
       "Youth Provider/Organizational members: W21
Girls' Inc, SF Children's Museum, City of SF, SF Public Schools, Catholic Charities,
YMCA."
       Their building is a lot further along than ours...
diggings on the site

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