Screen capture of a Google Maps satellite view of Cobblestone subdivision and vicinity in May 2016.
About 73 of the planned 180 new homes have been completed, or are done on the outside. They seem to be mostly the smaller models. I could not see the houses at lower right from the berm behind my house. They were obscured by trees.
Gulf Gate East is along the left border. My house is in the upper left, marked by something like a circle. Gulf Gate East was built in 1980-1986, and the lots are relatively large.
The white roofs are Marbella, built in the early 1990s. It has what look like row houses, and another section of detached houses, some of which have pools.
McIntosh Road, which has Cobblestone's main entrance, is at the far right.
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The Cobblestone subdivision wall and our back yard, seen from the pool cage. The wall is about 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and is formed from precast concrete sections.
The cactus that I transplanted is doing well.
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The Cobblestone subdivision wall, seen from our back yard. It is about 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and is formed from precast concrete sections.
The cactus that I transplanted is doing well.
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The wall around Cobblestone subdivision is built from precast concrete sections. A crane is dropping one section into place between dividers, on the berm behind our house. I have not measured the wall, but I guess it is about 8 feet (2.4 m) high.
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A wall of formed concrete sections was built around the entire Cobblestone subdivision. These holes are for the supporting columns. You can see some of the wall, which has reached the Saw YerRoad entrance, in the right background.
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