Pile Driver

Do you remember that abandoned doctor's office that I photographed from time to time?  The deal was that one doctor was holding out, trying to get the best deal from the City of Glen Cove before selling.  They wanted to buy the building and tear it down, and it took forever to reach a deal with the holdout.  Well, they finally demolished the building - they started while was I away, but I got some photos when I got back.  Anyhow, there has been a lot of activity on the site - they demolished EVERYTHING, and ground up all the concrete foundations!  Now they have started to construct the foundations for the new buildings.  They are scheduled to be buildings that are something like five stories high.  So today I went to see the pile driver at work.  They are pounding really long "telephone poles" down into the ground in groups, which will support the new foundations.  By the way, pile drivers make really LOUD noises each time the hammer pounds the pole!

As a reminder, this is what was on part of this location before demolition.