Library has been shafted…

elevator shaft
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

…elevator shafted that is. The brick tower in this picture is where the service elevator to the basement is located. It sure beats carrying all that storage items up and down the stairs.

Looking for a place to park?

Pouring curbs for parking lot
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

At the same time that the precast planks were being set, another crew of workers was pouring concrete for curbs in the parking lot. No longer will people have to drive around the block in downtown Lakeview waiting for a parking place to open up!

Basment structure now complete!

View from Washington
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

Although it may have seemed that not much was happening in the last few weeks, a lot of details were being completed in the basement hole – including block walls for the mechanical room and elevator. Now we’re ready for the main level flooring.

Almost done…

Almost done
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

…with the basement walls! It’s been coming together in pieces but it has been coming together. There is one wall left to go and hopefully it will be done this coming week. Eighth Street is open now so if you want to drive by and look at the project [...]

Back wall going up!

back wall going up!
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

Something is actually going on at the site that is visible. A portion of the back basement wall is being poured this week. It would have been really nice to have all the walls poured at once but I’m not the contractor so maybe there is a [...]

Ready for walls?

preparing the walls
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

The things they can do just amaze me. I remember walls being laid with concrete block not poured concrete. Now they do wire walls and then pour them in upright slabs.
Thinking about this reminds me of the TV episode of “Bones” where Temperance is trying to teach Booth [...]

New roadway

8th st curbs
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

It looks like the County is finished with the Fresh Drain work & the Village is well underway with 8th Street. The new curbs look good and they have opened Washington Ave now which is good for the school traffic.
Had a patron tell us the other day that [...]

Men at Work

men at work
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

Yes I know they have been there for several weeks I just hadn’t gotten any pictures of them. This is the crew working on the footings for the foundation. As I mentioned before library stacks weigh many a ton and solid foundations are [...]

Keeping the water out

Keeping the water out
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary

While the much needed rain slows construction down I thought I’d share a picture of the wonderful Sump Pump that has been keeping the basement hole dry. Once the concrete & basement walls are started they should be able to pull the [...]

Not a swimming pool

Not a swimming pool
Originally uploaded by tdlibrary
The new library is close enough to the lake that there is some frustrations with water. While digging down for the foundations and basement it became necessary to pump water out of the pit. Not enough to cause panic but enough to be frustrating.
We have faith that [...]