ZCY GOES TO WORK

The walls may be rough, and the steel may be exposed,  but Zhichunyuan has been put to work!

From the College's arboretum gazebo, Judy Koenig orients a tour group to the Garden.

On to inside ZCY, where one can gain an understanding of the completed courtyard's size if not feel. 

However, that "feel" can still be sensed over at Songmeiting. Although the plantings around it are now minimal, the design and materials of the gazebo give a glimpse of what the completed gates and walkways of Zhichunyuan will be.

SEATTLE CHINESE GARDEN RECEPTION ROOM

While construction of Zhichunyuan pauses, promotion of the Garden continues.

The Reception room was open during South Seattle CC's annual Tea and Tour. The room has numerous Chinese items as well as information about the Garden design and construction.

A pair of doors anticipate the opening of the Garden.

And hard hats wait for visitors on HHT's: Hard Hat Tours, an opportunity to visit Knowing Spring Courtyard while under construction.

ZCY WAITS

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All was quiet Friday.

Indeed the gate was locked, the boom-box off, nobody there. How nice and quiet! Just me and the birds.

Often a sub-contractor's contract will call for the site to be left "broom clean"...

and it sure is! Immaculate broom clean.

The Encircling Corridor with walls, sidewalks, base-stones, columns and beams await.

A sweeping panorama from looking north to the Main gate, past the gate to the Encircling Corridor, to the south Entry Gate, shows how tidy it is.

One lonely base stone, and one column without one (just beyond the concrete wall) hints there may have been a slight miscalculation, or waits for the stone masons to work their magic and make it fit.

The pond appears to be holding water.

The retention pond, with timber bamboo beyond, waits to get water.

Chairs wait for workmen and spectators alike.

Ladders wait to be used again.

A forklift waits to unload...

...the increasing number of storage containers, as we all wait to see what treasures they contain.

Meanwhile, over at Song Mei Ting, spring moves into summer: