Demolition on the Old Side of the Building

Now that we finally have everything out, the construction crew has begun demolition on the old side of the building.  Here's a few pictures of how the old section looks now.

The crew has spray painted "DEMO" on the walls that are to be taken out.  You see that here on the wall that separated the area where the public Internet computers were from the staff area.

These "DEMO" signs are on the edge of the Director's office, and the wall leading to the processing area.

As the crew seemed to have so much fun writing on the walls, the library staff decided to join in!  This wall is the one behind where the Children's Librarian's desk used to be.

This is the tiny office in the back corner of the old Young Adult area.  This area will eventually be the Library Foundation Book Store.

Sadly, the lovely mural we've had in the Idaho Collection corner is also slated for demolition. It showed the four seasons of Idaho as you looked from left to right. This mural was painted for us by Leslie Twitchell, and we have greatly enjoyed it.  We're sorry to see it go!

Here we see the beginnings of a hole through the wall to the staff processing area.  You can make out our old yellow staff entrance door in the distance.

This is the same hole, only looking to the east.  The window you see in the distance is the one on the east side of the building where the Adult Collection was.

This photo is a bit later on, and now that wall is completely gone!  Just the supports are left.

The wall the librarians wrote on is now gone as well.  There is no trace of the wall and closet that used to be behind the Children's Librarian's Desk.

The next few photos shows how wide open the library is without any walls!

One of the last areas to be demolished is the old Director's office.

Here is one member of the construction crew working in the old staff restroom.  This entire area will be remodeled into the new public restrooms.

And, perhaps this photo needs no comment.