Photo: Some assembly required

In the upper left corner of this photo, above Dearborn Street and House of Blues, a suspended “swing stage” scaffold sits on the 19th floor of the west tower parking ramp at Marina City. Workers from Designed Equipment Corporation assembled the scaffolding and sidewalk canopies on Wednesday afternoon, in preparation for repair of the exterior concrete on both residential towers. Click on image to view larger version.

(Above) Outside Dick’s Last Resort, a worker on a cell phone (left) tosses a large bolt to a worker at right who is assembling a sidewalk canopy.