September, 2004 - Page 1

Posted October 8, 2004

September saw lots of work done, all over the Ormsby campus. Here’s what it looked like at the start of the month:

Here’s the view from the other end of the graveyard. The scrap metal pile just keeps getting biger and bigger. And if you notice, and we’ll explore this closer later, we have paint at the top of the tower.

Here’s an angle shot from a couple of blocks away. Way up there at the top of the tower, along the roofline, we’ve got some paint. The roofline, and indeed the whole tower, will be painted “sandalwood beige”. The details and trim will be “china white”. It looks like they’re starting at the tippy top and painting their way down.

Here’s a different angle with better lighting. The scaffolding is still in the way a little, but you can see the paint there.

On the side of the tower they started layering on a white primer, from the top down. This primer will be the base for the sandalwood beige paint.

A week later, the whole west side of the tower was primed.

After they primed the side of the tower, they took their paintbrushes over to the south side. They also dismantled part of the scaffolding, so now you can see the roofline and the detail work better.

The north side of the tower was primed around the same time. Once the whole tower is covered in primer, they’ll start actually painting. They’re probably shooting to make that happen in October, before it gets too cold.

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