New Library Building

New Building Details | Plans/Renderings | Progress Pictures

 Progress Pictures

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July 2008

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 Ground Breaking - July 18, 2007

Trustees Dennis Marlow, Janet Uza, Angela Dixon, Library Director Kathy Parker, Trustees Carolyn Spencer, Michael Bell, Jeana Mays-Brown	Library Staff
Trustees Dennis Marlow, Janet Uza, Angela Dixon, Library Director Kathy Parker, Trustees Carolyn Spencer, Michael Bell, Jeana Mays-Brown	Lynwood Mayor Gene Williams
Reference Librarian Steve Reyes

Future Site Sign

The New Land

Clearing the Site	Grading Site
Staking Foundation Placement	Grading Site

Preparing foundation forms for concrete	Preparing for foundation
Pouring concrete foundation	Foundation - west end of library - will be Reading Room
Foundation - west end of library - will be the Reading Room

Rebar in footings - Ready for final foundation pour	Foundation and piers
Foundation for walls to be erected	Piers
Foundation for walls

Wall near staff entrance	Crane that hoists the steel beams
Steel beams being delivered	Placing the steel
Setting the cross beams	Joining the beams together
Joining the beams together	Steel beems forming the entrance to the library
Vantage point from Glenwood-Dyer and Stony Island Avenue	Entry
Entry, Meeting Room. Cafe Area	Entry
Poured Curb	Preparing for Curbs
Staff and Collection Area

View Facing West	View Facing Southwest
View From South	Roof Deck installed at Entry
Paved Parking Lot

View facing west	Childrens room
Exterior facing parking lot	In the circulation workroom
View from avenue to south	View from inside of entrance
View of south wall	Workers installing roof desk

Directors office	Looking to the entrance
Meeting room	View of meeting room and entrance from parking lot
Staff lounge	Study room
Tyvek being installed	View from entrance to end of avenue
View looking at the reading room	View of collection area

East wall brick completed	East wall brick with Norm
IT rom	Looking down staff hall
Sheetrock in cafe looking at meeting room door	View from directors office
View into directors office	Window to public area in business office
Front of building	View from Glenwood-Dyer & Stony Island
View into computer room

South windows - Stack area	Book collection area
Copy machine area	Library director Kathy Parker posing in her office
Look into youth and childrens rooms	Stone work at entrance of building
West side of building

avenue with south view	beginning to hang gridwork for ceiling tiles
circ desk area	circulation desk area
columns in stack area	directors office
entrance and parking lot	north facade stonework
painting has begun in circulation desk area	southeast view from quiet reading room
west facing Stony Island Avenue

cafe - soffit over womens washroom	cafe - wall and tile
computer room	corner behind circulation desk
detention pond east of library	east side of building
end of cafe - facing Stony Island	facing south - childrens room
facing south - stack area	from childrens room looking onto avenue
glass wall at end of avenue - facing south

view from front walk	entrance into building
sidewalks and final grading complete	architect and owners representative reviewing work
view into childrens room looking southwest	installing tile in the avenue
installing acoustic ceiling panels in avenue	almost ready for carpet
installling marmoleum floor in meeting room	entrance into meeting room
marmoleum floor in meeting room	staff entrance
staff kitchen	staff hallway
cabinets in staff work area	staff workspace
staff work cabinets	carpet being installed
view from reading room	setting brick pavers in back
Brick for Books paver at flagpole