KEEP UP WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING DURING RENOVATION
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Apr 2023
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July 2022
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Main office: new paint and carpeting
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May 2022
Former women’s room – soon to be coat room
Former women’s room – soon to be coat room
Finished for Easter 2022
April 2022
Women’s room demolition
Finished for Easter 2022
Mar 2022
Adding in Canopy
Canopy, view from the side
Beginning of the stairwell
Concrete block going up for new north exit stairway
Building the stairway. Blue? Actually it’s the waterproof spray. The red face brick is next.
Completed stairwell
The remaining series are very rare views from a drone
The cornerstone was relocated, containing items from 1941, 1966 and 2022
Feb 2022
Two of the real columns are up
Foundation is done and backfilled
Backfilled to the lobby level
Final demolition of the coatroom and lobby restroom.
The darker wall section was the closet west wall.
The beige wall was the restroom.
Boiler room electrical panel.
Why aren’t the lights working?
Electrical panel after
Lights are back on!
Elevator shaft
Blue was main center front door under the portico
Construction of the elevator shaft from the perspective of the lobby level
From the size of the construction man, you can get a sense of the size and depth
Elevator shaft construction almost to the height of the former front door
Steel beam delivered to the lower level
Lobby looking north
Photo standing where the entry stairs to the lobby will be built
Looking east
The circle window was right above the lift
Far left is the edge of the east front door
Third floor toilets and sinks pulled
Giant sawblade to cut through walls
Wall cut for the stair door
Looking down into the new north stairway. The giant saw blade was used to cut a new door opening in the existing foundation wall. This is how one will access the new fire stair from the Kids City nursery area.
You can see the piece that was cut out laying on the ground, dropped onto an old tire to cushion the blow. It also allows for chains the be wrapped on the 3’ wide x 7’ long by 18” thick hunk of concrete so it can be lifted out of the hole. It weighs about 4,700 pounds.
Jan 2022
Looking northeast from the far corner of our biggest classroom
New wall is for the south wall of a classroom
Very left edge, the frame for the hallway
Facing north, third floor classroom framing & drywall
Right door frame is leading to a new hallway
Way far right, through the framing, are classrooms.
Looking east from where the large staircase used to be
Taking out the wall on the east side of the lift
Footing near portico, looking toward Fellowship Hall.
Cinder block in the back left was a Fellowship Hall far northwest window
Framing in front of it is for new stairwell
Lobby, looking from the coffee bar, to the front doors
Right, partition wall going up (temporarily) to block off construction
Looking from lobby toward the coat racks & handicapped washroom, all removed
Brooms on right are in the coat room, far west end
Looking toward the main doors, on the right is where the lift was
Main entry, looking deep down to lower level, elevator placement
Front main doors, entry staircase is gone
Two doors right & left, main side doors boarded up
Partitioning off the lobby
Dec 2021
Front, Dec 2021
Front, Dec 2021
Footing formed, front
From Fellowship Hall lobby looking to front
Front Dec 2021
Drywall delivery
Drywall delivery
Drywall delivery
Drywall delivery
Nov 2021
Removal of Columns
Lower level Fellowship Hall lobby
3rd floor wall frames
Oct 2021
Asbestos removal
Cornerstone removal
Two of the real columns are up
Foundation is done and backfilled
Backfilled to the lobby level
Electrical panel after
Lights are back on!
The cornerstone was relocated, containing items from 1941, 1966 and 2022