Just as a quick review , this was not a one-day only, but continuing event. In 2 Saturday events and one of the volunteers working through the week in between, taking down non-contributing and/or obstructing trees, trees growing out of the foundation ,etc, a total of 17 volunteers working diligently have produced some pretty impressive results.
This time we elected to focus mainly on getting the debris to curbside, clearing out most of the College Street side of the building.
We will resume next Saturday. I cannot say enough kind words for the group of volunteers and amazing amount of work they have done.
We hope in a couple months as the volunteer group grows in numbers, to complete the outside work, cleaning up and painting the exterior trim , etc, and begin the cleanup inside.
Clearly , the inside is the larger task. This group is growing and we are committed to finally getting this done.
Our final goal is to prepare the building in every way we possibly can to make it ready to renovate. Cleaning it out entirely , takes a substantial amount off of the price tag of renovation. We will not take out any features, but anything that is destroyed, decayed, burned, broken , and obviously has to come out anyway, will go.
Probably starting with completely clearing and cleaning up the Auditorium area and eliminating all vegetation growing in it, and on the roof areas of the Building.
It is said, Pictures are worth a thousand words. As we progress, we will show it in pictures. Try to look through the decay and deterioration, to the actual gem of a building that is PS #4 . Thanks so much !
