Hale Library - May 17, 2019
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The first floor of Hale Library is under construction on May 17, 2019 (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Workmen install piping in the ceiling of Hale Library's first floor on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Pipes stacked on a cart on the first floor of Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The open staircase that connects the first and second floors of Hale Library. The steps as well as the metal leaves that adorn the railings are covered in a thick layer of dust. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The open staircase that connects the first and second floors of Hale Library. The steps as well as the metal leaves that adorn the railings are covered in a thick layer of dust. Photo taken on May 172019. Dene DrydenCollegian Media Group
The new first floor entryway in Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
New walls are under construction on the first floor of Hale Library. This area will turn into a cafe. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
A temporary light glows on the ceiling of Hale Library's first floor on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The interior second floor entryway in Hale Library. Nearly a year after the fire, the security scanners remain. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
A pile of rubble rests on the second floor of Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
File cabinets are clustered together on the second floor of Hale Library on on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Dust coats the stairwell from the second to first floors of Hale Library, with caution tape hanging from opposite railings on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Support columns stand tall among the debris on the second floor of Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Piles of scrap metal sit in an open room on Hale Library's second floor on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Room 222 of Hale Library is deemed for library staff only, according to the writing on the wall ,on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
A limestone wall on the west side the main open area of Hale Library's second floor is marked with spray paint and metal beams on May 17, 2019. Here, the original limestone will be exposed when the wall is transformed into an interactive space with whiteboards. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
A handwritten sign advises workers on the second floor of Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Press availability participants head into Hale 212 on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Exposed ceiling and scaffolding in Hale Library 212 on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
With tables stacked around the edges of the room, a sign affixed to a column in Hale 212 warns construction workers on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
An ornate entryway within room 212 in Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Through the window panes and scaffolding outside Hale Library, Calvin Hall is visible to the north. Photo taken in Hale 212 on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Writing on a column in Hale 212 on on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
An exit sign, disconnected from its power source, in Hale 212 on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Taped signs advise construction crew members that this area of Hale Library is a lead work area on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The south wall of Hale Library's Great Room on May 17, 2019. The Great Room's iconic murals are covered with wooden boxes to protect them as reconstruction takes place. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The south wall of Hale Library's Great Room on May 172019. The Great Room's iconic murals are covered with wooden boxes to protect them as reconstruction takes place. Dene DrydenCollegian Media Group
Scaffolding clutters the space of Hale Library's Great Room, located on the third floor. Above, a walkway nicknamed the "dance floor" supports construction crew members working on the high ceiling. Photo taken on on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Lori Goetsch, dean of libraries, speaks to members of the press in the Great Room on the third floor of Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Purple stained glass peeks out through the red, brown and gray construction clutter in Hale Library's Great Room on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The partially constructed ceiling of Hale Library's Great Room, which is on the third floor in the oldest section of the building. The Great Room sustained some of the worst water and smoke damage from the May 22, 2018 fire. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The tops of the wooden boxes, which protect the Great Room's murals, peek over the sides of the raised platform on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Up on a raised platform nicknamed the "dance floor," one can see the incomplete ceiling of Hale Library's Great Room. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
An open space in the Great Room's ceiling in Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Facing west in Hale Library's Great Room on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Ladders and construction tools lay about on top of the "dance floor" in Hale Library's Great Room on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
In the Great Room, lightweight metal stairs take construction crew members up to the raised platform to work on the ceiling. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Items hang from the exposed ceiling by their wires on the third floor of Hale Library on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
From a relatively untouched, fifth-floor conference room in Hale Library, the bell tower of Anderson Hall peeks through the window on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
On the fifth floor of Hale Library, a whiteboard in an administrative offices room remains un-erased from the day of the fire: May 22, 2018. Photo taken on on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Construction materials lie about on Hale Library's roof on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The roof of Hale, known as the "penthouse," is covered with small pebbles. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The roof of Hale Library, where the bell tower of Anderson Hall, the old campus radio towers and a Manhattan water tower can be seen. Photo taken on on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The area of Hale Library's roof where the HVAC units are located. Photo taken on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
Workmen ready this area of Hale's roof for HVAC operations on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
The HVAC unit area of Hale Library's roof gets a new paint job on May 17, 2019. (Dene Dryden | Collegian Media Group)
