Framing begins!

In the last few days the crew has been concentrating on the north side of the site. They have removed debris and dirt and gotten things ready for the delivery of new fill material that will help support the slab for the Patron Restrooms/Green Room/Dressing Room area. After the fill is in place, the PVC pipes that will handle our water needs back here will be put in place before the big pour.

Meanwhile, framing has started up at the front of the building. A new two-story wall is taking shape between the lobby and the auditorium. The big opening on the east side of the wall will be the new primary entrance into the auditorium for our patrons (there will be three other doors in and out, as well.)

Even with that bit of framing in place, you can begin to get a feel for our big open playing space!

Other issues being handled this week: the relocation of Comcast and AT&T wires away from the building so we don't inadvertently cause any service interruptions to our neighbors and two pesky electrical conduits for the Ovations Building that CenterPoint has to move before we can proceed with framing in the West Lobby area.

While we've had to, necessarily, demo a lot of the existing building, we want to keep and reuse as much as we can. This somewhat forlorn pile of lumber, which used to support the floor in the second-floor apartment, will reappear in a few months as a built-in bench in the renovated lobby. 

In addition, some of the glass blocks that used to adorn the exterior of the curved section of the façade will be inset into a wall in the Green Room coffee bar.

Reminders of the past as MST moves into the future!