In the Neighborhood

Across the street (basically), what used to be a parking lot and a decrepit yet historical former bookstore (affectionately named Acres of Books) have been a construction site for at least the past year, and it looks like likely another year.

Do you have something like this going up across the street from your place?

Sometimes it sounds like work is happening at all hours.

Once it was determined that the Acres of Books was a landmark, it was quickly decided that just the facade was important, and they went to work with that in mind. Below, the facade is along the blocked sidewalk, and the hole of the site drops behind as they work the corner's commercial space:

It may be an energy dump, because even in the darkness, the site is well lit:

Because of its height, it can be seen from all over, like the walk home from the grocery store:

Lots of construction projects in our neck of the woods...