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Crossings Security Meeting

Please join us for our second URGENT community meeting in the CHOA Clubhouse on Thursday, April 22nd at 7:00 p.m.

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Walnut Country? Where in the world is Walnut Country?

Everyone knows this area as “The Crossings”, but you would never know it from the signs.

Walnut Country Sign – Taken from the Cowell HOA website

The “Walnut Country” name dates back many years, but has no relevance to anything currently in this area. It’s not like there was a famous walnut orchard before this [...]

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Urgent Community Meeting

Recent vandalism and security issues to be discussed by the Board of Directors including information on neighborhood watch

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Memorial Dedication Ceremony

On Saturday, August 29, 2009, The Cowell Homeowners Association Board of Directors hosted a ceremony to dedicate the Smokestack Memorial, with Concord’s Mayor Hoffmeister on hand to cut the ceremonial ribbon.

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Smokestack Memorial

The Smokestack demolition occurred very quickly, but the work on the memorial has been progressing at a much slower speed. Mr. Larkins has been sending me memorial pictures all summer, and I finally published them on Cowell Historical Society site: http://cowellhistoricalsociety.org/html/memorial.html

Here is a picture of Jim Kikker and Tillie Larkins getting their souvenir bricks [...]

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Get them before they’re gone!

If you want a brick from the Cowell Smokestack, show up at the Crossings Business Office on Saturday, August 15th, between 9:00 and 11:00 am.

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Get your Brick!

Crossings Residents can pick up a brick at the Business Office on Saturday, August 8, between 9 and noon.

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Finally! It’s Brick Time

The Cowell Homeowners Association is ready to distribute bricks from the Smokestack.

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Amazing Aerial Artistry

Amazing aerial photographs of the Cowell Smokestack before it was demolished.

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Monument being developed

Work on the new smokestack monument continues.

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Story Time

The Official Cowell Smokestack Project blog is posting smokestack stories this week.

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Monument in the Making

The demolition is complete for all intents and purposes. What remains will become the monument.

You can see that the floor has been filled in and tamped down. A floor of bricks will be laid and a pedestal with a plaque will be included.

The gravel roadbed will be removed and the landscaping will be [...]

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Not much left

The smokestack is down to just a few feet, the bricks are gone, and rumor has it that the demolition crew will be gone after tomorrow

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Clean-Up

Today was a clean-up day at the Smokestack.

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CoCo Times Slideshow

Today’s Contra Costa Times has a slide show of the Smokestack’s demolition.

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Out of Sight!

The Smokestack is no longer visible . . .

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It’s Gone! (The Crane, not the Smokestack)

The crane, along with its pulverizer, is gone.

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The Crane is Done

The Crane Crew finished their part of the job about 2:30 this afternoon

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Going, going, . . .

The second week of demolition has started, and the smokestack is barely visible above the trees.

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First Week in Review

It’s been a busy week