September, 2004 - Page 3

Posted October 8, 2004

The north wall apparently has been forgotten. Maybe that’s because it got wallboard first, and now the rest of the building has to catch up. But it’s been sitting here untouched for a couple of months now.

The shape and look of the front of the building started to come together a lot more during the month of September. This view is from the street.

This entrance at the northeast corner is ready for more wallboard.

The giant, boxy...whatever...in the center was modestly dressed so it too could be fireproofed.

Here are the results. Fireproofing also meant they could start installing studs and outlining where the windows are going to be in this part of the building. This huge room sticks out where the old portecochere and main entrance used to be, but now there will be no doors at this spot.

Before long more scaffolding started appearing.

The end of the month saw a quite different, painted, and scaffolded Ormsby House. If you look close at the columns holding up the portecochere, you can see cinder blocks being laid on the base.

The race against winter is now on. First snow usually holds out until December, but there’s a nip in the air that only gets colder during October. Will this hamper their work any? How much will they get done in the few remaining warm days of 2004? Tune in next month to see.