Monday, August 23, 2010

Demolition Derby

Demolition Derby @ Potomac SpeedwayImage by citron_smurf via Flickr
As of Monday night’s Council meeting, we are now in full legal ownership of the Armoury. The work continues Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 when the “demolition derby” is happening at 1 Park Ave.

The goal is to tear down the last pieces of the mezzanine walls and ceiling, so that we can have the sand blaster fellow back. He has done the main area of the Armoury (and it looks great!), but now we need to sandblast the ceilings and walls of the two mezzanines on the sides. We need to build and move scaffolding so he can do the rest, get rid of all the stuff that was pulled down in preparation and then do a final sand sweep cleanup of the whole area, so that we can start building instead of tearing down.

There is a huge pile of stuff on the floor of the armoury that needs to be loaded into a bin and taken to the dump. Better yet (because it is cheaper) we could load Al’s trailer and take it to the dump, instead of paying hundreds for a bin. All we need is someone with a trailer hitch who can take it over to Armstrong Ave to the dump. Do you have a vehicle with a hitch on it?

As it keeps getting darker earlier, we intend to move to standard Saturday cleanups (say 9am to 2pm) at the armoury, so that we can make more progress with more assistance. Stay turned for more info on when this is happening.

In the meanwhile, let’s thank Norm, Mark and Al who are real stalwarts in the demolition process and all the kind Globe members who have come out to assist. Hey, it’s officially ours now, so let’s finish off the dirty work so we can start rebuilding!

Lois

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