Rain didn't stop masons for long!

Lots of workers in this week with elevator installers, electricians, carpenters and the masons.

The storms moving in and out didn't stop work for long.

Corner blocks to be cut

These blocks are being inserted to give the new wall the look of the 1897 corner of the Ford-Bacon house.

The elevator floor was installed and it is able to travel from the ground floor up to the 3rd floor level as the workers add on all the needed pieces.

The electricians have been busy cutting and bending conduit, pulling wires and installing boxes.

Besides the flurry of work there has been a buzz about Harry Potter--who saw the movie last weekend and the book release late tonight. Our copies arrived and were placed in the vault and the audio just arrived. These will be processed early Saturday and available to the avid readers.

Looking back on your childhood, who was your "Harry Potter"? I greatly enjoyed the Eager magic books, Bobbsey Twins and Hardy Boys! of course the Boys and Twins books weren't found in the library as mass market series weren't deemed serious literature for a library!

We'd be interested to hear from you on your childhood favorites, please respond using the blog comments section. To find what others liked you might want to check out the New York Times site for responses to that question.

What a week!

Color choices for wall, ceilings, exterior sills and a small area to be covered with shakes.

It looks like a usable space almost!

Sometimes through the process we have all thought Now What?

Tom and Graham seem perplexed.
The carpenter keeps working on the ceiling and soffit areas

The guys from Schindler Elevator arrived and began opening their boxes and setting up scaffolding in the elevator shaft.

At least 2 weeks to get it installed. Electricians will be back next week, and the brick work should be complete.

Lots of progress this week between our annual sidewalk chalk art program on Tuesday and the start of the Street Art Fair on Wednesday. Visit the fair's site at http://www.wyandottestreetartfair.org/

and see the difference from this pix of sidewalk sale day in 1960

Workers everywhere.

Today we had roofers, carpenters, mason, electrictians, superviser and architect all working at one time.Fresh mortar piled on for the rising walls.

This is not a doorway, just the opening for ground floor window. Electricians began wiring for elevator shaft and mechanical room.

A view of the 3rd floor landing and just a peek at the enclosed 2nd floor area.

We expect elevator installation to begin middle of next week.
Don't forget the Wyandotte Steet Art Fair begins July 11 and runs through Saturday July14
I remember when the Street event was just sidewalk sales for the merchants and my parents probably could have identified people in this photo from the Library's collection.

Biddle Ave circa 1964