And the walls start going up!

"Command central," a.k.a. the East Assembly Room. Eventually this room will also be remodeled with new windows, flooring, etc. The door on the left that you see at rear left of this picture will open into a new storage area, primarily useful for chairs and table storage (see below), and the door that you can barely see at rear right will open into a hallway. When they're not busy pounding on things, the construction workers can take a little piano break!


This is the beginning of the doorway to the new office "suite." The suite will be able to be secured from the rest of the main floor. The door barely visible to the left is the entry to the former cantor's office. That will be bricked over. At my left as I took this picture is the space that will be the new bathrooms.



Framing of a new chair/table/miscellaneous storage room is beginning. This storage will be divided into two sections, one accessible from the East Assembly room for chair and table storage, and the other accessible from the office suite hallway.
I'm standing at the doorway from the East Assembly room into the little kitchen. The door to the Chapel Lounge is on my right. Ahead you see into the coat room where the wall from the little kitchen has been removed so the space can be expanded. Can you see the end of the coat rack in the center rear of the picture? The new wall and doorway to the little kitchen will be placed approximately even with the end of that coatrack. This will add between four and five feet to the footprint of the little kitchen.

Other changes this week include the beginning of framing of the new bathrooms, the arrival (and perhaps installation) of the steel beam that will hold up the roof where the office wall used to be, and more work on what will be the secretary's office. When the steel beam is in place the former office wall will come down, completely opening the new hospitality space. Stay tuned!