One of the numerous “advantages” to living in an “up and coming” neighborhood (read: long since gentrified and co-opted — both in the literal and figurative vernacular) is the construction. That wakes you up at 8:00AM on a Saturday morning. Please bear witness here to the ringleader of this little operation, a rather crotchety old man who, when yelled at by my downstairs neighbor this morning, dropped the F-bomb a few times and ordered his immigrant laborers off-duty until the afternoon.

It’s of only temporary novelty to see new buildings constantly go up; in the last four or so years of living on and off in my neighborhood, I’ve seen literally dozens of buildings go up within just a few blocks. There is currently one in construction next door, and another directly behind my apartment. From my roof you can see seven or more of the dozens of buildings being constructed within a few blocks. Click on to see more pictures of them improving the neighborhood.

P.S. Lots of new pictures today, including long belated photos of a long belated trip to the new MOMA with Dan.

Next door’s new back yard would be pretty awesome if it wasn’t all concrete.

Next door. (Ok, two doors down, if you want to get technical.)

The building next door to that.

Behind the apartment, this one’s been in construction since spring.

Two blocks up, next door to my old building (which was just constructed, and sat across buildings in front and behind that had were under construction and had just been built, respectively).

Two blocks up, one over, this one’s gonna be decent.

Two blocks south.