Saturday, October 9, 2010

Construction photo update

We're now into the second phase of our construction. In our last construction photo update, the front desk had been relocated, a new self-checkout counter and book return had been installed, and work had just begun on the community room.

Now, nine months later, there have been even more changes. After our groundbreaking ceremony on September 16, construction began in earnest on the south side of the library.

groundbreaking

It took about a week to prepare the old kids' area and south side of the building for the coming demolition.

old kids corner

Fences were placed around the south part of the building:

south corner overview

Once the interior wall was put up . . .

interior wall

. . . demolition could begin on the south side of the building:

kids area jackhammer a little too close

The Friends of the Library will endeavor to keep the Book Nook open as much as possible. For now, the bookstore is setup in the community room, accessible from within the library.

friends bookstore

The kids' area has been relocated to the northwest corner of the building. The teen section is on the north-facing book shelves. The whole area is a bit smaller, so our materials collection has been temporarily reduced. Once construction is finished sometime next spring, the kids' and teens sections will be moved back to the southwest corner, and will be about double the size of the old space.

new kids corner

That's it for now! More pictures are available on our Flickr page.