Construction workers prepare to lift the guide template off the pilings.

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Men at Work . 1101 K Street, NW . WDC . Monday afternoon, 26 September 2005

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Men At Work . 20 M Street, SE . WDC . Friday afternoon, 6 January 2006

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Dump trucks lined up on Half Street between M and L Streets

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Men At Work . Downtown . I Street, between 16th and 17th Streets, NW . WDC . Saturday afternoon, 3 December 2005

Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography

Construction Workers . Driving away from the Texaco Gas Station . Wilton Drive . Wilton Manors . FL . Monday afternoon, 21 November 2005

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A large crane is used at the construction contractor, Austin Bridge and Road's, work site at Ward's Creek along I-10.

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A crew member walks on a work platform at the I-10/Kansas City Southern railroad construction site.

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I'd been planning to go that way.

I'm impressed that their pants stay up even when weighted down with tools

Men At Work . Downtown . I Street, between 16th and 17th Streets, NW . WDC . Saturday afternoon, 3 December 2005

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Weird-est shoot I've ever done by far.

Men At Work . 20 M Street, SE . WDC . Friday afternoon, 6 January 2006

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Dump trucks lined up on Half Street between M and L Streets

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Men at Work . Capitol Hill . On 7th Sreet, SE . WDC. Thursday, 22 September 2005

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Workers pause for a chat while laying concrete block for a new building in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Men At Work . Downtown . 900 block of F Street, NW . WDC . Thursday afternoon, 22 December 2005

Carroll's Square

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Men At Work . Downtown . I Street, between 16th and 17th Streets, NW . WDC . Saturday afternoon, 3 December 2005

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Men at Work . K Street between 17th and 16th, NW WDC . Monday afternoon, 26 September 2005

Elvert Xavier Barnes Protest Photography

Men At Work . Logan Circle . 14/Q . NW . WDC . Tuesday afternoon, 4 October 2005

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Cityscape, Architectural and Industrial Series

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What's so interesting? We will never know.

Men at Work . 800 block of E Street, NW . WDC . Monday afternoon, 17 October 2005

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Men at Work . Solar Village . National Mall, NW . WDC . Sunday evening, 2 October 2005

2005 Solar Decathlon

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Men at Work . Verizon Cable . 17th and L Streets, NW . WDC . Monday morning, 26 September 2005

Elvert Xavier Barnes Street Photography

Men At Work . 505 Ninth Street, NW . WDC . Thursday afternoon, 22 December 2005

Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography

Men at Work . Verizon Cable . 17th and L Streets, NW . WDC . Monday morning, 26 September 2005

Elvert Xavier Barnes Street Photography

Ward's Creek flows beneath I-10 at the Boh Bros. construction work site. Crews have placed a test pile between the east and west bound travel lanes of the bridge and concrete barriers in advance of the demolition work.

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Men At Work . Unit Block . M Street, SE . WDC . Tuesday afternoon, 30 November 2005

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Men At Work . Metropole . 15/P, NW . WDC . Thursday afternoon, 5 January 2005

Metropole

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John, Back Hoe Operator . Men At Work . 20 M Street, SE . WDC . Saturday afternoon, 28 January 2006

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Men At Work . Logan Circle . 14th Street between Q and P Street, NW . WDC . Wednesday afternoon, 4 January 2006

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Men at Work . Verizon Cable . 17th and L Streets, NW . WDC . Monday morning, 26 September 2005

Elvert Xavier Barnes Street Photography

Men At Work . Metropole . 15/P, NW . WDC . Thursday afternoon, 5 January 2005

Metropole

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I am tired of work; I am tired of building up somebody else’s civilization.

Let us take a rest, M’Lissy Jane.

I will go down to the Last Chance Saloon, drink a gallon or two of gin, shoot a game or two of dice and sleep the rest of the night on one of Mike’s barrels.

TIRED: Fenton Johnson

Parking ramp construction in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Men at Work . 800 block of E Street, NW . WDC . Monday afternoon, 17 October 2005

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Brooklyn on a Saturday afternoon

Older support pilings at the Kansas City Southern railroad location. The partially demolished section of the older I-10 roadbed is visible toward the top of the photograph.

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Men at Work . Capitol Hill . On 7th Sreet, SE . WDC. Thursday, 22 September 2005

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Men At Work . 201 Florida Avenue . New York Avenue, Florida Avenue and Galludet University Metro Station . NE WDC . Wednesday afternoon, 5 October 2005

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