Doug Verdier's Water Works Photos from December 10, 2020

Editors Note: Mill District resident Doug Verdier continues to document the progress of the Water Works project (along with occasional bonus pictures of the Third Avenue Bridge refurbishment project). 

The Water Works Park project benefited from warmer weather in early December, allowing brick masonry to proceed on the exterior of the park pavilion. 

The recently installed pedestrian walkway on the park side of the First Street bridge over the woonerf was also uncovered after being covered and heated during curing of the concrete. Still to be installed are ornamental railings.

It's all hands on deck (or on the scaffolds) when laying bricks on the sides of the pavilion.

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Section of the pavilion where brickwork has been completed.

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The upper floor where the restaurant will be located has large windows to give patrons excellent views of the river.

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Interior work also continues within the building. An excellent update on that part of the project, including photos, is available at the Water Works Construction Update for November 2020 at the Minneapolis Parks Foundation web site.

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Construction on the Third Avenue Bridge provides an ever-changing variety of equipment and activity. Bridge users are reminded that the bridge will be closed to all traffic, bikes and pedestrians from January 2021 through November 2022.