House on the Move

The house finally moved today! At around 10:30am, the cable people started mobilizing to take down the wires, and Brian and I proceeded to shut down the servers and workstations. Then we went outside. It was a thrilling sight. We (Craig and Roan were there too) stood at the corner of Detroit and Fifth and took pictures as it inched its way up the street. It was interesting to watch the different companies take down their respective cables. The trucks pulled in and out, cherry pickers swung up and down, lines fell in sequence. The house was about to roll on through when one of the men noticed a thin wire running between the ATS and Kerrytown buliding. They quickly sent someone up to cut the wire down. The house passed safely on by; the only thing preventing it from barreling down the street were two shovel trucks. Power came back on almost an hour later. ATS came back up okay. The loft is still down.

Update 12:30 pm:
Apparently, Comcast jumped ahead and began reinstalling all their lines. DTE is pissed because they’re supposed to go first, being the power guys and all. So they have to wait till the cable boys finish before they can get power back up to the Loft.

Update 1:30 pm:
Loft is back up! The Deli is packed with customers – everything is back to normal. That is, if you ignore the mess of wire and leaves left in the wake of the house up Fifth Street.