CNSTRCTN Vol. XII, #2 "Lights (sun), camera (iPad), action!"

Memories, like birds--fleeting.  They must be grasped and held in heart's hands.

Where to begin with a very active week?  Let's start with
the kitchen.  It is one of the areas that will be renovated in the
summer, and, in fact, is already under the knife, so to
speak.  The pieces of heavy cooking equipment, i.e. stoves,
are already gone to...Knights of Columbus for their river-side
lodge.  The tables, chairs, and cabinets from the faculty
dining room have also found a new home there.  K of C is
very grateful.  So here's what the kitchen looked like in
midweek when one stove was already gone.  The other photos
here were taken on the same day or one day later.    
You may notice that the sinks are gone, too.  Destination not known to blogger.  The old walk-in was replaced about three or so years ago and the old one has been used for dry storage.  The photo with tables, chairs, and cabinets still in the room, although not in place, gives you an idea of what the room looked like in its prime.  The photo next to it was the salad corner.  Cabinets are gone now.

Now to move to the other end of the building and what has
been developing there.  The focus has been on the elevator
tower and is nearing completion.  Blogger can look out her
bedroom window and see to the side, the concrete saw on
its perch just a few steps up from the level the men are working
on.  It seems that many blocks must be cut in half.  But the noise
that is part of the opening "ceremony" each day is the banging
on the (this is blogger's guess) trough that holds the mortar
from the day before so that fresh mortar can be put in it.  The
sound at 6:15 a.m. is an ungracious alarm for any one trying to
get a few extra winks.  (This photo was taken earlier last week and so does not show how much higher the tower is now.
Probably it will go as high as the roof that this photo was taken from.) The forklift (the orange extension on the left in the photo) has just delivered more blocks or more extenders to raise the scaffolding higher.
                                                               
What does all this look like on the inside?  A few photos tell the story, the first one looking through the former vestibule and the next one is in a closet on the 3 1/2 level.

                                                             
The last photo shows the delivery of the second of two air conditioners for the new library (CLC).  Won't that be nice on a day like today!
That's the story of last week, recorded as this week's story is being rolled out hour by hour.  Stay tuned for the further adventures of (your choice of titles).
Auf wiedersehen.