Thru 10-05-26: Months of constructing the Cascade's concrete piling and underpinnings are completed, so with the installation of the 170-foot tall tower crane, the cast-in-place concrete structure is now beginning to rise.
GONE VERTICAL!!
The tower crane's view looking NW. Memorial Hospital's new tower is visible behind the Stars and Stripes!
It's a beautiful day for building in South Bend!
A view of 5-foot thick column footing pads from crane height
Workers prepare form work for perimeter wall footing pads.
Steel rebar projects from the top of a footing pad and pilings at left.
Steel rebar projects from the top of a footing pad and pilings at left.
Form work for the garage level's residential elevator.
Steel reinforcing is prepared for some concrete garage columns.
UNDERPINNINGS
The Hesburgh Library looms on the horizon in this view of Phase I.
This upriver view shows Cascade Phase I, the Riverwalk, the whitewater Cascade, and the diSuvero sculpture, with Mishawaka hills on the horizon.
The last of the 218 augercast support pilings are bored-in
Work on the county's re-build of the Colfax Avenue bridge is getting underway.
This image looking east shows the city's recent progress on the new Colfax Avenue streetscape improvements.
Workers prepare to erect the tower crane base.
The tops of many of the building's 218 concrete support piles are visible in this image.
The tops of many of the building's 218 concrete support piles are visible in this image.
Three Twelve Cascade (left) Three Twenty (right)
GALLERY - PICTURES FROM HOME
Visualize Next Level Living at The Cascade. Below are daily sights recorded by Cascade Phase I residents.
Skyline Views
The setting Moon peeks from the clouds (left) as the rising Sun reflects off the facade of the Doubletree Hotel
Beautiful sunsets silhouetting downtown South Bend's skyline are a frequent delight for residents of Three Twenty at The Cascade.
On a frosty subzero morning the Whitewater Cascade takes on a dreamy, misty quality punctuated by the Keepers of The Fire sculpture.
Passing crows and the waning Moon over Century Center frame Cascade residents' wintertime morning coffee view
A view of Three Twenty at The Cascade framed by the Jefferson Street Bridge and beautiful Howard Park.
Century Center is decked-out for the Holidays with festive trees and a new windows lighting program.
A foggy winter evening paints a view of Century Center and the river in watercolors.
A dramatic sunset silhouettes Century Center and the Doubletree Hotel.
Seen from The Cascade, on the evening of June 20 an inky sky flashes for a split second as lightning seems to strike downtown's Hoffman Hotel Apartments.
A Moonlit Midnight with The River Lights in "sleep mode", viewed from The Cascade
On a recent rainy Autumn day, nature gave another dazzling display of clouds and sunset in this un-retouched photo from The Cascade. Visible at far left is the “Aether's Requiem” infinity mirror art installation in Pier Park.
A golden March morning sunrise is reflected on the downtown skyline viewed from The Cascade.
THE RIVER LIGHTS
Century Center is decked-out for the Holidays with festive trees and a new windows lighting program.
An evening view from The Cascade with a Century Center event backed by Four Winds Field fireworks
A recent "full spectrum" early morning view from the 600 level
A foggy winter evening paints a view of Century Center and the river in watercolors.
Century Center viewed from Three Twenty at The Cascade on a misty Summer evening.
The River Lights viewed from the building on a foggy night give the area a true "spectral" atmosphere.
The spectacle of downtown pyrotechnics blazing above the colorful River Lights is always enjoyable. Fireworks displays at nearby Four Winds Field (home of the South Bend Cubs) are also visible on many Summer evenings.
NATURE ON DISPLAY
A dusk view of Three Twenty at The Cascade from the river's West Bank.
With building a beautiful new Riverwalk and Seitz Park now underway, the Construction Crane is a common form of "wildlife" on the river! This one is backlit by another breathtaking Cascade sunset.
Cascade resident Dr. Thomas O’Grady recently retired after a 35-year career on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he was a professor of English, Director of the Irish Studies program, and a member of the Creative Writing faculty.
This stitched together panorama captures a rare double rainbow over a downtown South Bend dawn greeting misty April skies.