2022 in photos: Going up and coming down, projects across Bloomington (2024)

Preston Bridgwaters, a descendent of the the Eagleson family, holds a new Eagelson Avenue sign during the unveiling ceremony at the corner of Eagleson Avenue and Davis Street on Feb. 1, 2022.

Deconstruction of the Poplars Building on Seventh Street on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

Shadows of tour participants are reflected on the top of an aeration tank at the Dillman Road Wastewater Treatment Plant during an open house to show improvements to the facility on Oct. 27, 2022.

Workers begin taking down the Johnson Creamery smokestack on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.

Adam Long works on the "O" in hope as part of the mural on the side of My Sports Locker at 106 N. Rogers St. on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

A bicyclist heads up the bike lane on Seventh Street near Indiana Avenue on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.

Construction crews work on building a new branch of the Monroe County Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.

An excavator clears debris from the old IU Health Bloomington Hospital site along Second Street on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.

Construction crews work on building The District at Latimer Square, a new apartment complex at the site of the former Kmart on Bloomington's east side, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The complex is being developed by Lafayette-based Trinitas Ventures.

Martin F. Jarrold stands next to a machine he created for charge detection mass spectrometry at Indiana University on Thursday, March 18, 2022.

Workers begin taking down the Johnson Creamery smokestack on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.

Deconstruction of the Poplars Building on Seventh Street on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

Two new buildings being constructed for the New Hope for Families shelter and daycare along Morton Street on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.

Adam Long works on the "O" in hope as part of the mural on the side of My Sports Locker 106 N. Rogers St. on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. The mural spells out the word HOPE using images of cancer survivors' and family members' arms honoring people touched by cancer in their life. Each arm in the mural represents someone from the Bloomington/Monroe County community.

Adam Long works on the "O" in hope as part of the mural on the side of My Sports Locker, 106 N. Rogers St., on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. The mural spells out the word HOPE using images of cancer survivors' and family members' arms honoring people touched by cancer in their life. Each arm in the mural represents someone from the Bloomington/Monroe County community.

One of the panels of the Alexander Memorial on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Construction crews move a panel into place while working on the restoration of the Alexander Memorial on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Panels of the Alexander Memorial on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn on Friday, April 22, 2022.

The site of a new six-story apartment complex being built at the corner of Dunn and 19th streets on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

A construction worker on the second floor of a new six-story apartment complex being built at the corner of Dunn and 19th streets on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

Operator Jason Lasher, left, leads a tour at the Dillman Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, pointing out improvements to Director of Economic & Sustainable Development at City of Bloomington Alex Crowley, middle, and Deputy Mayor Donald Griffin Jr., right, during an open house to show the improvements to the facility on Oct. 27, 2022.

Bloomington Street Department's Jason Kerr centers the post for the new street sign at the corner of Eagleson Avenue and Davis Street on Feb. 1, 2022.

Workers begin taking down the Johnson Creamery smokestack on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.

The Memory Gardens at IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Flowers bloom in the Memory Gardens at IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

A construction worker walks past the new apartment develpment on the city's north side west of Arlington Road on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

Construction crews work on building a new branch of the Monroe County Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.

The new public library branch on Gordon Pike on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.

The Memory Gardens at IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Crews work on taking down the old IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022.

Crews work on taking down the old IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022.

Crews work on taking down the old IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022.

Construction crews work on building The District at Latimer Square developed by Lafayette-based Trinitas Ventures on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

Construction crews work on building The District at Latimer Square developed by Lafayette-based Trinitas Ventures on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

Construction crews work on building The District at Latimer Square developed by Lafayette-based Trinitas Ventures on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

Construction crews work on building The District at Latimer Square developed by Lafayette-based Trinitas Ventures on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.