Well, I got tired of waiting on Metro's promised pics ( ) in the Classen landscaping thread so I went out and took some pics of that and other improvements that I noticed going on today -- I didn't venture north of NW 30th & Classen.

1st, the "monument" (for lack of a better word) at Classen & NW 25th ...

Looking North

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Looking South

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Looking Southeast showing rock not yet installed

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Panda Plaza at NW 29th & Classen

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Slightly East of Classen on NW 26th (I think ... might be NW 25th... I don't know what this is)

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On NW 23rd & Western, Looking North -- the site of the much earlier announced "Gateway" project (images after today's photo) -- the Rental property stands but the restaurant with the "red awning" shown after the next pic has been razed

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As previously announced, the "Gateway" project was also to have included the rental property, though it shows no present signs of demolition (pic from October 2006, below) -- the building with the red awning at the far right has been demolished



... both the rental and the demolished restaurant were to have become the Sun Moon Plaza ...



... at least as I understood it. I don't know the status of that project. See Doug Dawgz Blog: Asian District Today ... The Pics for the October 2006 rendition.