A few observations from my morning RT commute today:
I saw a “tag” under the I-5 J street offramp that read “The Warriors,” as in the dystopian 70s gang film. Does this mean that the kids are getting smarter (or at least more into kitsch popcult references)? Or does it mean that graffiti artists are just getting older. Any other Warriors fans out there?
Can anyone tell me what they’re doing with those long narrow concrete pillars on the site of The Towers? There are several dozen sticking out of the ground at different heights which leads me to assume they are being tested for strength or something. Anybody have any experience with skyscraper construction?
The Sac Rag 
DMZ: I haven’t seen The Towers’ worksite in a couple weeks, but could the pillars you mention be the pilings for the buildings? They’d had pile drivers working for a long time.
Here’s a good webpage that gives basic definitions of some common terms you’ll hear in reference to large jobs like The Towers: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/glossary.html
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they use pile drivers to get those things in there? you’d think they would have a machine to do that… I guess it’s good that the Iron Sheik and Big John Studd can still get work…
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correction: Big John Studd is no longer with us. Substitute Mr. Fuji.
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Huge machines were driving the piles — not sure of the specific type/nomenclature of equipment
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Glad to see someone else keeping up on the RT beat Cool! Isn’t it the most entertaining thing ever? I will pay you $100 cash if you will whip out the Krylon and write “Come out to play-ay…” under the Warrior’s tag you saw.
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DMZ – the folks who made Grand Theft Auto made a game called “The Warriors” based on the movie. I personally guarantee you that the person who sprayed the graffiti never saw the movie.
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DMZ, there are a number of buildings in the area that are going up using standard building techniques like the flying suplex, DDT and atomic drop. No word as to whether or not the Honky Tonk Man is using his “Shake, Rattle & Roll” to help bolster his seismic retrofitting consulting business.
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