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	310 and 320 Esplanade Ave as seen from the Beach As seen from the base of the bluff below the “dog park” by Lands End on Esplanade Ave, this is 310 Esplanade on the center left, and 320 Esplanade on the right.
South end of 320 Esplanade This view of the south end of 320 Esplanade shows the undercut cement of the apartment patios. On the right is 330 Esplande. It is missing between 40 and 45 of patios, as well as all of its decks and railings. The shredded material below 330 is the remnants of the sprayed cement “shotcrete” wal and soil nails intended to halt the bluff erosion and protect the property.
	South end of 320 Esplanade – Detail The majority of 320 Esplanade continues to rest on solid bluff, but the right corner of the building’s foundation is unsupported. This smaller part of the building was its laundry room. The dangling sandbags and black plastic is all that’s left of a large tarp placed to stop rain and water erosion.
330 Esplanade Bluff and Dirt The surface of the bluff below 330 Esplanade was sealed with sprayed shotcrete cement. The project to anchor all of the cement with steel rods after only the top three or four courses of rods. The contractor stated that the wall failed because it was incomplete, and recently it has sued the property owner for lack of payment for the work.
	Completed Textured Cement Wall Below 360 Esplanade This is apparently what a finished shot crete and soil nail wall would like. The cement is colored and textured to make it blend with the neighboring sandy bluff.
330 Esplanade Bluff and Wall The ends of clusters of long metal rods called soil nails are bolted together in rows at the top of the bluff. The sprayed cement sealed the sandy bluff surface to protect it from rain and spray, but was not meant to be the final, permanent outer surface. The project stopped befiore it was done, apparently because the owner did not pay the bills.

For a complete chronology and links to many more photos see Evacuation underway at 330 Esplanade:

http://adequatebird.com/2009/12/17/evacuation-underway-at-330-esplanade/

See all of my pictures of the Esplanade crisis:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisd2006/collections/72157622920945823/

Mostly Forbidden Zone – Killed by being swung around by the heels by a….

Be sure to:

1. go fullscreen (button top left)
2. right-click on the image to change the projection. Try “little planet” for ultra trippiness.

Statement by Nico Roig, the artist:

This is … a full CG generated panorama – don’t expect to find it anywhere!

I made it to give special recognition to M.C.Escher’s work, a very talented artist widely known. This impossible world was inspired by Escher’s lithograph “Relativity”. Be careful not to get sick wandering around!

Visit the artist’s web page for more info on this project and access to the rest of his photos and panoramas: http://www.360cities.net/image/tribute-to-escher#58.88,-0.03,16.2

Art of Andrew: One More I Forgot To Add via Boing Boing Winnie the Hulk.

Cliffside apartment building owner Millard Tong failed to meet a deadline to submit a timeline for repairs to the cliff behind his evacuated building Monday, but building officials said they don’t plan to enforce it.

From Julia Scott and the San Mateo County Times:

• Owner misses deadline for plan to save Pacifica cliff apartments – San Jose Mercury News.

For a complete chronology and links to many more photos see Evacuation underway at 330 Esplanade:

http://adequatebird.com/2009/12/17/evacuation-underway-at-330-esplanade/

See all of my pictures of the Esplanade crisis:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisd2006/collections/72157622920945823/

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	Patriotic Display _MG_5282.jpg	400.0 mm	1/6	5.6	100	9:02:27 PM	22.8 m
	Black and White Blazing Rebel Fountain _MG_5283.jpg	400.0 mm	0.4	5.6	100	9:02:31 PM	22.8 m
	Coast-side Wind _MG_5284.jpg	400.0 mm	0.5	5.6	100	9:02:33 PM	22.8 m
	Streamers and Spiders _MG_5290.jpg	400.0 mm	1/6	5.6	100	9:03:49 PM	22.8 m
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	Nike Guy Having Fun _MG_5322.jpg	100.0 mm	1/8	5.6	100	9:07:01 PM	9.44 m
	Noisy Swoop _MG_5333.jpg	105.0 mm	1/5	5.6	100	9:08:51 PM	12.6 m
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	Fire Tree _MG_5357.jpg	115.0 mm	1/5	5.6	100	9:11:25 PM	12.6 m
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	Tiger, new and spent _MG_5442.jpg	330.0 mm	1/20	5.6	100	9:15:59 PM	10.8 m
	Jet Burst _MG_5443.jpg	330.0 mm	1/20	5.6	100	9:16:01 PM	12.6 m
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	Tender _MG_5448.jpg	160.0 mm	1/8	5.6	100	9:16:11 PM	10.8 m
	Wind Tossed _MG_5472.jpg	400.0 mm	1/13	5.6	100	9:17:47 PM	14.9 m
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	A Little Past 2 _MG_5528.jpg	100.0 mm	0.3	5.6	100	9:21:55 PM	12.6 m
	Fire Dance _MG_5530.jpg	100.0 mm	0.3	5.6	100	9:22:39 PM	14.9 m
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	Preparations _MG_5557.jpg	100.0 mm	1.6	5.6	3200	9:26:05 PM	18.1 m
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This post accompanies: Pacifica Sidewalk Fireworks – 2010 (Photos)

On July 2 a lawsuit for breach of contract was filed in San Mateo Superior Court by the subcontractor that did the aerial drilling behind / beneath 330 Esplanade Avenue in Pacifica CA., Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring, Inc., against the the prime contractor. Engineering Soil Resources Inc. Also named in the suit was the owner of 330 Esplanade, Farshid Samsami. The suit alleges that Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring began work as contracted but was never paid. Work behind 330 Esplanade halted in February (Monday or Tuesday 2/15 or 2/16) before it was completed, and subsequently in April failed (for pictures and details see my post Further bluff collapse beneath 320 Esplanade).

You can see the case documents on the San Mateo Superior Court “Open Access” website, Unlimited Civil case, 496610, “Case CIV496610 – DRILL TECH DRILLING VS ENGINEERED SOIL REPAIRS“.

We observed the work with interest since it involved a big red crane hoisting workers in a basket over the coast side apartment building, and it seemed pretty obvious at the time that the work ended abruptly, unfinished. Now it seems we know why the work stopped, but of course do not know why invoices for the work have gone unpaid. Like much else of the story behind the actions on Esplanade, we wait for the details to come out in court.

Buried in the July 2 complaint, however, was a document that appears to reference an altogether different property.

Something Odd: November 2009 Bid

The first attachment in the complaint, presumably intended to represent the contract between the parties (exhibit “A”) does not reference 330 Esplanade at all. Instead it appears to be a bid that Drill Tech submitted to ESR dated November 12, 2009 for a similar soil-nail project to be done for 310 and 320 Esplanade.

November 2009 was weeks before the bluff erosion and collapse that ultimately closed 330, and eventually also shuttered 320 Esplanade.

Here are scans of the pages from the complaint:

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For a complete chronology and links to many more photos see Evacuation underway at 330 Esplanade:

http://adequatebird.com/2009/12/17/evacuation-underway-at-330-esplanade/

See all of my pictures of the Esplanade crisis:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisd2006/collections/72157622920945823/

A second lawsuit seeking compensation for unpaid construction bills has been filed over the effort to shore up a crumbling cliff that forced the evacuation of two coastside apartment buildings.

Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring alleges that Engineered Soil Repairs owes it $373,100 for work it did to build a retaining wall, according to a lawsuit filed in San Mateo County Superior Court on July 2. That wall was designed to keep any more of the bluff behind the apartments at 330 Esplanade Ave. from tumbling into the Pacific Ocean.

The owner of the vacant 12-unit building, Farshid Samsami, is also named in the lawsuit.

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See the whole article for details:

• Legal mess over Pacifica cliff work grows – San Jose Mercury News by Joshua Melvin, San Mateo County Times.

For a complete chronology and links to many more photos see Evacuation underway at 330 Esplanade:

http://adequatebird.com/2009/12/17/evacuation-underway-at-330-esplanade/

See all of my pictures of the Esplanade crisis:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisd2006/collections/72157622920945823/