Tear down those wires

**james** · 12-13-2004

If you've been to Playa, you've probably noticed alot of cables and wires overhead. Electrical, cable, telephone and I'm sure some improvised things no one even knows about.

Well, you'll notice alot less of those distracting details nowadays and soon, you may not see any at all. Now that most of the electrical and telephone wires have been buried along 5th Avenue, the stripper crews have been going about the business of tearing down the old stuff.

The concrete electrical posts are next. Woo hoo!

SarahB · 12-13-2004

Wow...good news!

**ryberg** · 12-13-2004

Yeah, some of this is finally happening in our area. Typically, we found out because we lost all phone service las Friday and went out checking on it, and found the dreaded Telmex truck on the street. But the guys were accurate in that the service would only be down a couple of hours. They said they were burying overhead cables as part of this general effort, and the following day, the cable people were out knocking out service for a couple of hours and doing the same thing.

Those wires have always been a real eyesore, imo, and the faster they're all buried, the better.

Steve

vacationstar · 12-13-2004

Thanks for the good news.

Beachwolverine · 12-13-2004

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the stripper crews have been going about the business of tearing down the old stuff.

Gotta love a place that hires strippers to do public works projects in the daytime - wise use of resources...

MN Annie · 12-14-2004

That is great news! All those wire were so ugly and distracting, and even a little scarey

My husband did enjoy, though, taking pictures of the "creative" wiring and showing the electricians at work.

Big Kahuna · 12-14-2004

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Originally Posted by Beachwolverine

Gotta love a place that hires strippers to do public works projects in the daytime - wise use of resources...

Damn...wish I had said that! Good job BW.

cwgraffix · 12-14-2004

awww I thought the wires added some authentic 3rd world ambiance... :-(

Michael · 12-14-2004

In order to preserve the genuine aesthetics and ambience of the PdC; the city has carefully planned to leave overhead wiring in selected areas as designated by the central planning and development oversight committee.

**TeeZet** · 12-14-2004

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Originally Posted by cwgraffix

awww I thought the wires added some authentic 3rd world ambiance... :-(

Agree....

DavidB · 12-14-2004

For third world wiring go down Constitution on the other side of the highway. There is nice telephone poles on one side. The wiring to the other side runs down the pole and across the street. By across the street I mean the thin extension cords spiced together are actually laying on the road.

**ryberg** · 12-16-2004

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The concrete electrical posts are next. Woo hoo!

The electricity people came by our place today and notified us that they'd have to cut the power for a couple of hours tomorrow in order to complete the connections for us and our neighbors to be underground.

Steve

**sctx** · 12-16-2004

after watching some of the backhoe operators down there, I can picture a wad of cables and pipe snagged on the bucket teeth the first time there is an underground problem in the street.... overhead utilities aren't such a bad thing in certain respects

Ginger · 12-16-2004

Since we don't have any cable wired to our building yet, wanna' send those cable guys over to my place when they're done?

Yahtzee is really getting old.

JoanieBlon · 12-17-2004

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Originally Posted by james

If you've been to Playa, you've probably noticed alot of cables and wires overhead. Electrical, cable, telephone and I'm sure some improvised things no one even knows about.

Well, you'll notice alot less of those distracting details nowadays and soon, you may not see any at all. Now that most of the electrical and telephone wires have been buried along 5th Avenue, the stripper crews have been going about the business of tearing down the old stuff.

The concrete electrical posts are next. Woo hoo!

While Mike and I were in Playa, and were walking down Calle 10 between 5 and 1 Avenidas, we heard a HUGE explosion! We turned and looked up the street and saw a VAST cloud of thick smoke on 10th just west of Ave 5. Everyone in the immediate area had stopped dead in their tracks. As the smoke cleared, we saw an electrical worker on the top of a ladder leaning against a pole. He wasn't moving. I began to wonder if he was dead. Finally, he started SLOWLY down the ladder to the street....probably counting his blessings that he wasn't electrocuted! Don't know what was being done ~ it looked like lines were being strung from the north side of the street to the south side. I work for the National Electrical Contractors Association, so found the wiring and related work going on sort of interesting..... (To say the least!)

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SarahB añejo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Playa...now Iowa Posts: 2,897	Wow...good news!

12-13-2004	#3 (permalink)
ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 9,724	Yeah, some of this is finally happening in our area. Typically, we found out because we lost all phone service las Friday and went out checking on it, and found the dreaded Telmex truck on the street. But the guys were accurate in that the service would only be down a couple of hours. They said they were burying overhead cables as part of this general effort, and the following day, the cable people were out knocking out service for a couple of hours and doing the same thing. Those wires have always been a real eyesore, imo, and the faster they're all buried, the better. Steve

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vacationstar beachaholic Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maple Grove, MN Posts: 415	Thanks for the good news.

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MN Annie reposado Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,279	That is great news! All those wire were so ugly and distracting, and even a little scarey My husband did enjoy, though, taking pictures of the "creative" wiring and showing the electricians at work.

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cwgraffix beachaholic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 259	awww I thought the wires added some authentic 3rd world ambiance... :-(

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Michael añejo Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Silicon Valley, California Posts: 4,162	In order to preserve the genuine aesthetics and ambience of the PdC; the city has carefully planned to leave overhead wiring in selected areas as designated by the central planning and development oversight committee.

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DavidB añejo Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Mid Mich Posts: 2,755	For third world wiring go down Constitution on the other side of the highway. There is nice telephone poles on one side. The wiring to the other side runs down the pole and across the street. By across the street I mean the thin extension cords spiced together are actually laying on the road.

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sctx Fan of confusion Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 26,313	after watching some of the backhoe operators down there, I can picture a wad of cables and pipe snagged on the bucket teeth the first time there is an underground problem in the street.... overhead utilities aren't such a bad thing in certain respects

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Ginger none Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,162	Since we don't have any cable wired to our building yet, wanna' send those cable guys over to my place when they're done? Yahtzee is really getting old.

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