Longer than I thought

I am an optimistic guy overall. But, I underestimated the demolition of concrete, moving it, and laying out a new frame would only take about five working days. Well, it was a an intense day of demo to return the jack hammer for a half day rental - they were generous with the overtime hour. As you use a jack hammer, you have to move the rubble out of your way to continue, that's why there was such a beautiful pile out front. Then I reused the concrete bits as fill, which took two more days. On the fourth day I did manual detail work with a rock hammer, getting the concrete out from under the bottom of the stucco wall where I couldn't reach with the jack hammer. I also patched the stucco where there were voids created from the destruction. Starting day number five, I framed the front porch, lining everything up with the front door. Four days of framing finished up yesterday, just as the snow began to fall. We got maybe an inch, but the kids are thrilled because it's a Snow Day! 
Constructing the walk was fairly straightforward. It's essentially a deck frame with two rim joists that sit on concrete blocks (you really have to look close to see the blocks.) It took more digging than I gave it credit, to set those blocks below the grade to hold the 2X10s level,  and maintain consistent spacing. At just over 50 feet long, any error would be obvious.

I set up a laser to verify the pitch between the front porch and the driveway edge, which has the drive about 4 1/2 inches higher. Half the walk is level on the house side, and then changes to a slight grade to meet the driveway.
At least I was smart enough to adjust the concrete form before the driveway was poured, so the last five feet is level, matching the walk - not the pitch that our street has. Which reminds me to let you know the walk is just over five feet wide. The level part of the driveway will match the walkway. The frame is square to the house, but you can see in the pic below how the frame is not square to the driveway, which is parallel to the street. It appears to be slightly off but the decking will run lengthwise on the walk and should look just dandy when complete.

Just waiting for some weather good enough to paint the stucco repairs, which should be tomorrow. Then it's time to lay the deck boards!
Of course, as I type this, I notice the missing stucco next to the chimney. I think that can wait until the chimney (which is falling away from the house!) is replaced.