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Progress?? – #1LinerWeds

Dan Antion
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I have been taking pictures of a nearby construction site for almost a year. I keep waiting for something to happen that would be remarkable enough to share. I’m afraid that isn’t going to happen. The building will be a warehouse, or warehouses. It’s being built on spec. It’s also being built on what used to be a sprawling tobacco field. I’m not going to waste too many words. I’ll give this to you as a one-liner.

Do they really think this looks good?

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This gives you a sense of the east section’s size.
The east side is done. You can see the connecting building and they are about to start on the west side.
The long side in the back is complete. The short one in front is almost done. There’s enough room in between for two truck docks on opposite sides.
This was when it was about 1/3 complete.
I hope they at least give this a coat of paint.
I’ll be getting my car serviced today. Prior to that, I’ll stop at Maddie’s for breakfast. This is what I had the last time.
Bunny scoping out the quince bush. Between us, he can eat as much os that as he wants.
They can reach pretty high.
Feeding frenzy in the back yard.
Hartford across the Connecticut River from East Hartford.
You might notice the top of the Colt dome in the upper right.
Rose of Sharon
Happy bees
“Can you stop typing and brush me?”
When it rains, I get this view of the flag.
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61 responses to “Progress?? – #1LinerWeds”

  1. Oddment Avatar
    Oddment

    I can’t say I’m sorry to see the tobacco go, but I can say I’m very sorry to see that a field of green is replaced by a field of concrete. It looks so harsh. The reflection of the trees in the river is all the more beautiful by contrast. Then there’s butter melting on pancakes…talk about beauty!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Almost all the tobacco is gone. Some of the fields around us have switched to other crops. These have switched to concrete. It’s sad. The Amazon warehouse across the street from these is over four times as large!

      Thos pancakes are the best.

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      1. Oddment Avatar
        Oddment

        No! There’s a larger warehouse? That’s hard on my imagination. It’s so good that some fields are still green, and I hope they yield profit. As for the pancakes, such things keep us grounded, I think.

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          Multiple floors of nothing but concrete. I’m going to need more pancakes, Maureen 😏

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      2. JT Twissel Avatar
        JT Twissel

        Maybe someone will paint a mural on the side. The bunny is getting braver (or more foolhardy!)

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I would love to see a mural, Jan. Maybe some kind of tribute to the fields and workers these buildings replaced. The bunnies are brave, but they needn’t fear us.

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  2. Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread Avatar
    Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

    I’ll take the tobacco barn. The flag reflection is beautiful, but those pancakes steal the day. Enjoy.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Most of the barns are gone. It’s sad. The pancakes are amazing.

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  3. Rivergirl Avatar
    Rivergirl

    Bunnies eat quince bushes? Now I’m even more upset we don’t have any!!!
    😫

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      They do! Whenever I see them, I encourage them to keep eating.

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      1. Rivergirl Avatar
        Rivergirl

        And here I am, over run with quince and still bereft of bunnies.
        🥺

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  4. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    I suppose the warehouse is a better us of land than the tobacco field.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Other tobaccos fields have been switched to other crops. These are close to the highway, so I think they were doomed.

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  5. GP Avatar
    GP

    I’ll take the bunny in the bush over the warehouse any day!!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      😊 Me too, GP, me too.

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  6. Murphy’s Law Avatar
    Murphy’s Law

    This warehouse really puts the ‘ug” in UGLY! I know we call this progress, but maybe we need a little less progress and a few more open spaces so we can enjoy the beauty of nature.

    I didn’t know bunnies ate flowering quince! I wish dozens would come and eat mine, roots and all!

    MuMu is determined to not let you slack off on her grooming sessions. After all Dan, a girl of a certain age has to keep up her appearances!

    LOVE the reflection shot of Old Glory.

    Try to keep cool tomorrow!
    Ginger

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Ginger.

      The contractor said he decided to build this while all his equipment was here (building the giant Amazon warehouse across the street). Now, with the demand for warehouse space shrinking, I wonder if these will even get occupied.

      The bunnies do like the quince. They can have all they want. I’ll build them some bunny scaffolding if they want to get up higher :)

      MuMu definitely keeps me on my toes. She has a routine, and I play a part in it. She does like to look her best.

      Stay cool.

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  7. lois Avatar
    lois

    Wasn’t that going to be an Amazon warehouse? Did you make Jeff mad, Dan?? I sure enjoyed your photos of the tobacco farm with those cloths shading the leaves…something I had never seen before. Such a shame…progress.
    The flag photo is a beauty. Just checking, but MuMu has been brushed, right?! 😸

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Jeff’s place is across the street, and it’s over 4 times bigger! This guy built that and decided to build this place on spec, since he had people and equipment here. Amazon’s warehouse is ugly, but this is ugly on steroids.

      MuMu has been brushed, and brushed, and brushed, and brushed…

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      1. lois Avatar
        lois

        That’s nuts. Amazon is building a warehouse up county from me, but in an industrial park so I don’t think it is going to be that big. It will blend in with the other eyesore buildings and not stand out quite so much as this one.

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  8. hilarymb Avatar
    hilarymb

    Hi Dan – crumbs an even larger ‘box-store’ … how ghastly and they look ghastly … completely lacking in character – perhaps they’ve planted trees around it … cheers Hilary

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      He is piling up the excavated dirt in a berm around the entire site. Maybe a few hundred trees will hide this monstrosity from view, Hilary. I hope so.

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  9. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    Sigh… always sad when a field of something green is replaced by ugly warehouses… Lovely images outside of that

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I used to drive between those fields every day on my way to work. There were fields and workers and birds. Now there are two huge concrete boxes. This one is less than 1/4 the size of the Amazon warehouse across the street.

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      1. Dale Avatar
        Dale

        Ugh.

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  10. willowdot21 Avatar
    willowdot21

    Beautiful photos and I agree that building is a waste of a view 💜

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Willow – that’s a great way to put it.

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      1. willowdot21 Avatar
        willowdot21

        We have a lot of houses springing up and wasting wonderful views too 💜

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  11. dweezer19 Avatar
    dweezer19

    I just hate those kinds of buildings and then , once completed, it’s like some kind of mystery ‘what’s indiiiiide’ because there is no signage. It’s usually a warehouse, distribution center or storage facilities. Ughhh. I want to go just paint murals on the outside. Giant sea turltes and butterflies or tie dye it! I love all your photos. Hmmmm… pancakes. !

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I wish they would let local artists go to town on the side of that building.

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  12. Gwen M. Plano Avatar
    Gwen M. Plano

    The feeding frenzy photo is amazing. What a capture, Dan. As for the tobacco field, I’m not sorry to see it go, but I am sorry these buildings replace the open field. 🌞

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I am not sad to see the demand for tobacco dropping, Gwen. They grew the wrapper leaves for fine cigars here. Still, less than a mile away, a farmer turned his tobacco field into a field of blueberries. Another one started growing hops. I’d much rather have those to look at.

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  13. rugby843 Avatar
    rugby843

    They are doing a lot of building here in Cheyenne and a huge Amazon warehouse. They are supposed to be building more affordable housing but we’ll see—there are waiting lists for them🤔

    Sent from my iPhone

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The people around here fight affordable housing, but they give tax breaks to these monsters. This new warehouse is less than 1/4 the size of the Amazon warehouse directly across the street. I’d have to stop on the highway to get them both in the frame for a picture.

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  14. bikerchick57 Avatar
    bikerchick57

    Those pancakes are way more interesting than that building. We have construction going on right outside our windows. They are redoing the entire parking lot…digging up the asphalt, regrading, new asphalt, etc. It’s going to be a mess and noisy for 2 weeks. Yikes!

    Hope you’re having a good week, Dan.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Ah, the sounds of summer. Sorry about the mess, Mary. I know those sounds. The pancakes were amazing. The building – yuck.

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  15. Teagan Riordain Geneviene Avatar
    Teagan Riordain Geneviene

    I have to think that people who build things like that have zero interest in ascetics or the wellbeing of anyone or thing related to the building, including employees and the neighborhood.
    Thanks for showing such pretty images for the rest of the gallery, Dan. That shot of so many birds in flight is amazing. Hugs on the wing.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      When I see these buildings, Teagan and think about the details in the brick warehouses and industrial buildings that still stand here in New England, I am very sad. There are little details, molded into the concrete, but they are barley perceivable from the road. Some sections of wall have a washboard like effect molded in. I imagine the “designer” saying, “Give me a 500,000 square foot box with 10% decorative panels and six windows”

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  16. John W. Howell Avatar
    John W. Howell

    Great photos, Dan. The warehouse is ugly for sure but maybe will generate new business. Loved the pancake photo.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The worst thing, John is that these people thought the remote purchasing that became so popular in 2020 was going to be the new normal. Now they’ve discovered they were wrong, and there is a glut of warehouse space. I’ll be surprised if Amazon fully occupies the 2.2 million sf warehouse they built across the street from this monster. This building is only 500,000 sf.

      You can’t have too many pancakes.

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  17. John Holton Avatar
    John Holton

    As warehouses go, it doesn’t look bad. Quite a bit unfinished, though; I hope they don’t plan on leaving it that way.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’m not sure what they plan to do, John. This came together very quickly. No artist rendering or models offered.

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  18. quiall Avatar
    quiall

    100 years ago architects and builders cared about aesthetics. Now they care about utilitarianism and money. Pictures of your backyard make it all a little easier.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I agree about the architects and builders from the 19th and early 20th century . I think we started down this road after WWII. I’m glad you enjoy the photos from the yard.

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  19. AmyRose🌹 Avatar
    AmyRose🌹

    I’m gonna talk about that bee picture …. anyone who takes pictures of bees knows how darn hard it is to do so. I was taken aback when I saw your bee picture, Dan, and honestly said wow out loud!!! What a capture!! We’ve had thousands of bees on our property this year, way above and beyond what I intended. Yes I deliberately set up my gardens for bees as well as our lawn. Our backyard has not been mowed for over a month just so that the bees can feast on the clover. That is how I got stung, FYI as I walked across our lawn in sandals.
    And then those pancakes …. oh heavens my mouth is still watering. LOL

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Amy. When they hover around the Bee Balm. they really don’t seem to care how close we get to them. I have lot’s of those shots, from the past few weeks,. Sorry that you got stung. There is no pain quite like that. Those pancakes were very good.

      PS, welcome back.

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      1. AmyRose🌹 Avatar
        AmyRose🌹

        Thank you, Dan. It feels right to be back now. For so long I gave my everything to Charlie and my family. Something had to give and so my blog and my photography I let go of. Slowly I’m coming back “home” to me. (smile)

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  20. wrookieschu Avatar
    wrookieschu

    It’s crazy to think it has been almost a year to build and still not finished 🙈.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      And the structure is all prefabricated

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      1. wrookieschu Avatar
        wrookieschu

        Oh wow!

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  21. JoAnna Avatar
    JoAnna

    Yep. These are ugly buildings. I thought of a mural, too. Better yet, they should plant some trees along the road. Trees that will grow big. The clouds are nice, especially the ones of in the reflection on what looks like a covered ? well?

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      They do appear to be planning to hide it behind trees.

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  22. Jan Sikes Avatar
    Jan Sikes

    Great photos! Your breakfast looks yummy!

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  24. robertawrites235681907 Avatar
    robertawrites235681907

    Hi Dan, I don’t think aesthetics play a big role in building any more.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      No, not at all. The only places where we see it around here is where local zoning requires it.

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  25. J-Dub Avatar
    J-Dub

    Now I want pancakes for supper! Looks yummy!!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Go for it. Pancakes are good anytime.

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  26. marianallen Avatar
    marianallen

    BEAUTIFUL pictures! I love the feeding frenzy, the rose of sharon, and the rower on the river. And, yes, I did catch site of the Colts dome. Supoib!

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  27. Dan Hen Avatar
    Dan Hen

    Tobacco in CT ? I learn something new every day .

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      They used to grow tobacco under shade cloth. The tobacco would be used for wrapper leaves for fine cigars.

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