CNSTRCTN Vol. VIII, # 5 Mostly Quiet on the Panda Front

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

You may recall reading about the front loader coming to the old outside door of the new Collaborative Learning Center.  Here's what that looks like.  An alternative to taking out the trash?





Here's the faithful clean-up person about to finish the task of removing the wall between the president's office and the adjoining classroom.  You're also seeing the reflection of the wall across the hall because blogger had to take this photo through the new glass window into the new CLC area.  Another interesting photo appeared when said blogger tried to take a photo of the said clean-up person breaking down that wall a few weeks ago.  The effect is a double exposure--sort of dreamlike. Notice you can't make out the sledge hammer he was using, but you can see how much of the wall he had broken down by that time.
Looking at the far end of the outer CLC, reveals the windows of the area inside that you've been looking at.  Way inside that outer shell you may be able to see the doorway you've been reading about.  All this is said for the benefit of readers not too familiar with the original before the renovations began.  Blogger anticipates many totally surprised readers as they tour the new areas at the dedication.  So much for clarity     .

Moving east to the chapel site,  the workmen must be hibernating or
are at another site, so we've decided to show you some of the progress last made.  Looking closely at the first photo, you can sort of (maybe, perhaps) make out that the openings at the far end are two (actually three, but stuff is in the way) and that they go almost to the floor of the nascent chapel.  If you can at least
surmise what is meant, you now know where the three windows of the erstwhile chapel will be placed.  Blogger anticipates a wow effect.


And finally an interesting shot (sorry; you are subject to blogger's offbeat--her mother said) sense of "neat".  You're viewing the north wall
from the other end.






So that's it for this last lap of January.  The end of the week will bring the month of presidents and hearts, Ash Wednesday and Lent, and slightly curtailed duration.  A whirlwind month, if you will.  Hang on, and definitely hang on the the tales told here (please!).