CNSTRCTN, Vol. XIII, # 1 Out, Down, and Up (hopefull, not down again)

Memories, like birds--fleeting.  One must grasp and hold in heart's hand.

We'll start at the east end, this 13th. month of renovation/construction.  What you see in these two photos is work occurring on the outside and the inside of the chapel.  In one, the framework that is being placed on the front to the north face and above the new stone surface.  Blogger can't see yet what the frames are for.  In the second photo, you're seeing into the chapel just far enough to observe the bricklayer on the inside working on the light tan bricks (matching the ones in the old chapel
recall).  You must look carefully to see the man in the first window.  (Try enlarging the photo.)
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Now moving inside to some exciting developments there.  The top photo shows what was happening in the old library on 2 1/2 floor.  The red line on the wall is the signal to the sledgehammer gang to take that wall down.  They did this with gusto and a little too much abandon and took out a line of water pipes.  Oops!) A short span of mayhem ensued.  It happens.

The next photo takes us the the cafeteria where the ceiling tiles have been removed, exposing the ceiling above and, interestingly, the skylight as it extends to the roof.  Again, enlarge the photo.







The  third view is one that has developed this very morning in room 307 where a passageway will soon be constructed that will lead from the elevator to the main third floor hall.  This is a big step
in finishing the whole elevator adventure.  Of course the same
thing must occur on the second floor.







Blogger always feels somewhat removed from all of this unless she can get to the action or the result of the action, but this morning the library team is working right under her, or at least that's what the banging and drilling sound like.  Who knows?  Any more "oopses" and she may be able to look down on the men from her office computer.  One hopes not.

Well, enough excitement for the beginning of June with much more to come as chapel steadily marches onward, with elevator keeping stride.  Until next week, Nakemiin (Finnish for farewell.  Put two dots above the letter a to make it more authentic--blogger doesn't know how to do that on this computer).