It’s getting to the latter part of August, and time for another Promenade update.  You’ll see these things happening this week and next:

• A bunch of brick arrived Monday and is being installed alongside the also-arrived storm drain grates.  Some of this work will occur at night, starting near Tuvalu Home and headed towards PCH.  This will result in a more finished look, as well as the removal of the plywood and some of the loose decomposed granite (DG) along the sides.  Here’s a photo from Tuesday morning:
• The Glenneyre / Forest intersection is taking shape, with some new trees planted Monday and the irrigation going in.  Soon, concrete will be laid down that will be the base of the Crazy Quilt Brick pattern all along the intersection.
• Lantern-style lighting went up in the trees on the edges – the Glenneyre lantern lights are lit at night, but the PCH side is waiting for final power.  Which is pending.
• A writer asked me previously whether the big (ugly?) concrete blocks at the PCH/Promenade side will stay there – no, they won’t.  New bollards are in place behind them, and those provide the right level of safety without the concrete blocks.  The cool Bartel Cubes that once covered the concrete blocks were removed for safe-keeping and will be returned on the Promenade soon.
• Speakers and the long-awaited permanent, fixed-in-place umbrellas should be installed within this next 2 week period.

A few things may trail past Labor Day – the final improvements to the crosswalks at Glenneyre and Forest, and the PCH / Promenade intersection improvements.  These are trailing in part because of SCE’s and Caltrans’ timing.  Once the SCE improvements are in, the area will have full power, including to the fountain.  Also, some tree grates that will allow permeable surfaces right up to the bases of some of the Eucalyptus, and some surface-level utility box lids that also will be covered with brick, are delayed in the supply chain (also slated for September delivery).  These should not be too intrusive to install.

Thanks as always for folks’ patience as we start to close this project out.