I know more than I did 2 hours ago

Good news!  

I talked with a person working on the deconstruction project currently taking place at Route 9 and 240th St. SE ... and, I can definitely say:

You can stop holding your breath - they're not building a new headquarters for SMIRSH or SPECTRE, KAOS, Snohomish County's Department of Parks or Walt Disney Studios!

They are, however, going to completely remove the rest of the concrete blocks along the railroad tracks ...

Then they will build a new concrete block wall which will be set-back from its original location along 240th ... and this time the wall won't be vertical or bulging ... Instead it will angle into the hillside and have a much better foundation and drainage system. 

That giant mountain of sand that we've been in awe of ... it will be moved back behind the new wall.

photos by Bill Stankus
may 31, 2014

Deconstruction - Primus Corner - 240th St. SE & Route 9, Snohomish County - another 24 hours

Hey now!  Another 24 hours, Big Machines, lots of workers ... Gasp, Wow! 

See the changes, See the movie - "Behind the Block Wall" *.

* A Jacques Tourneur film, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas

... a plot so twisted, so mysterious, so dirty, so ... 
... Well, you have to see it to believe it.

 

But there's MORE! 

Once you're here you can't help yourself - first you whistle the old tune, then you hum a few bars and finally you go get your guitar and break out into the full version of Bobby Dylan's "Desolation Row".

You don't think they would, would they?


Finally (and I do mean finally) ...

Our local 'landmark' probably won't be scaring us much longer. 

At the rapid rate of earth digging/moving (as seen the past week), we're witnessing the not-so-thrilling flop, "Creepy Wall's Last Stand".


photos and such by Bill Stankus
May 17, 2014