The Sights and Sounds From My Walkabout on the First Floor of the Podium — A Video

The featured photo for this blog is a still frame taken from the video at the trailhead where I began my walkabout in and around the metal studs.

Today, August 28, 2019, I took my Canon 6d (the primary camera used for this blog) and switched it to the movie mode for a walkabout on the first floor of the podium. Just a few weeks ago, I could walk around in this area unimpeded and I pretty much knew where I had just been, where I was, and where I was going. Not so much on this day. The imperceptible daily changes — a metal stud here, a metal stud there, and soon a room is defined, and then a corridor evolves from which another room and another room is spawned expanding into another hallway — which is choreographed and conducted by an unseen hand. Soon after the rooms are laid out on the concrete and the metal studs go up the whole perspective changes. But with all the changes, things begin to look the same — metal studs, shadows, carts, pipes, ladders, and an occasional glimmer of light ahead, which may denote a window somewhere. To make matters more confusing the electricians and pipefitters appear on the scene to run conduit and pipes in the metal studs before the drywallers, who are lurking in the shadows in nearby areas, appear on the scene. This then is the context in which this video was taken.

In much of this video, the various sounds of construction are heard as they reverberate throughout the first floor. Upon entering the serving area of the dining room, the construction sounds fade and the microphone picks up the sounds of my huffing and puffing. By the time I had neared the end of a six-plus minute trek holding heavy camera equipment steady, staying clear of construction equipment, materials, and construction workers, I was winded. It was no easy chore!

The Video

Two Snapshots Introduced in the Video: The Cafeteria

Nestled in the northeast corner of the podium, on the ground floor, just east of the Children’s Lobby lies the cafeteria. The once empty shell is taking on the shape of the serving and dining rooms.