Home Gardens Library Expansion

2009-04-03T15:54:00.000-07:00

Now its starting to look like a library with the double doors. Vents are now in place for the ac units and painting is done inside. The tile layering has begun in the restrooms and the community looks huge. Cant wait to step inside when its all complete.

Stucco On!!

2009-03-25T16:51:00.000-07:00

As I drove by the library I couldn't help but notice how far along the construction has come. All the main components of the library are finally finished. The windows and the sky lights are in their designated places. The building has a couple more months until it reaches perfection. The stucco is on the building, making it look just like the library color. In the mean time the construction workers will continue working on our basketball court and finishing all the interior designs. The addition is finally closer to being finished.

Play Ball!

2009-03-10T13:29:00.000-07:00

What started off as leveled dirt with spikes in it, is now the foundation for the new basketball court. I can't wait for the first game of ...basketball? (or will it be soccer?)

Library Wrapping Party!

2009-03-05T11:56:00.000-08:00

Scaffolding and the black paper are up. Now we need the stucco. What a view of the multi-purpose room, literacy office and conference room, facing the basketball court.

Blair St and Magnolia Ave Intersection

2009-03-05T11:41:00.000-08:00

A look at Blair St. with the new expansion in sight. Wow! Have we grown!

Full Court or Half Court????

2009-02-15T14:48:00.001-08:00

HGA Staff have seen a great amount of progress on our new basketball court. As you can see from these pictures, the construction is almost about done. Now we are just waiting on our court to be put up once more. At the moment it is difficult to tell if it's going to be a full or half court. We have some dirt and machines in the way, but once that is taken care of all we need is some cement and a good basketball for the real games :)

YMCA Ramp and Wall Demolishing

2009-02-10T13:50:00.001-08:00

On one side you have a nice and clean area, and on the other you have a chaotic, but organized mess. The stage ramp and accompanying wall have been demolished but they still need a couple of stairs to go. The dust has been billowing out of the library so thickly our building seems as if it were filled with smoke! The construction crew are using jackhammers to break it up and then haul out all of the pieces the old-fashioned way...shovels and wheelbarrows.

The Inside of the Wall

2009-02-10T13:06:00.000-08:00

We hear clicking, clacking, hammering, and sawing. All of the things that would drive a person crazy, but not for the Home Gardens Library Staff for they are all strong willed individuals who can stand to hear all of these noises. The expansion is coming along just fine. With the new windows in place, we can start to see where all the rooms will be. There does seem to be a bit of a water leakage.

Sneak Peek...

2009-01-31T09:42:00.001-08:00

What used to be the quiet study room and conference rooms has been completely flipped from the inside out. It's hardly recognizable. These are shots from the joining of the exisiting structure to the newly enclosed expanded area.

Inside the Walls of HGA

2009-01-28T14:54:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe that there will be a storage room, literacy office, quiet study rooms, multipurpose room, and restrooms in this new expansion. I'm so excited that we're finally going to have our multipurpose room. We will be able to offer the community more opportunities to join our family programs. By the speed they are working, it will seem the project will be done in no time at all.

A closer look...

2009-01-23T12:40:00.000-08:00

As we look in on all of the action, we can see walls being put up and rooms coming into place. It is incredible how fast our guys got these walls up.

This picture is a view from Blair St. The wonderful arches that match our entry way to the library are already in place! The guys are busy trying to complete the rest of the addition as well. Lucky for us that it was sunny on Tuesday :)

YMCA Room Demolition Begins

2009-01-23T11:48:00.000-08:00

Construction has begun in the YMCA. Workers have put up the new wall and will begin to tear down the existing wall and ramp. This will make way to a larger room.

Working Hard or Hardly Working?

2009-01-22T16:48:00.000-08:00

As the Anticipation Builds Up

2009-01-16T16:36:00.000-08:00

The anticipation of the Home Gardens Library builds up as the new community center rises on this bright and shiny day. The staff and public have watched the construction workers pull long hours on this project. We cannot wait to see the final results.

Starting the Walls

2009-01-13T13:03:00.000-08:00

After all of our excitment in seeing the wood come in, we also had the opportunity to watch the beginning of our study rooms being built. These pictures show the great improvement of the construction workers, and how quickly they work to get the construction done. These pictures are only a small glimpse of what we will see tomorrow. Tomorrow we will find additional walls that connect to the ones you see today. The first two pictures show where our quiet study rooms will be. The last pictures show where an office and the storage room will be.

How much wood would a HGA CHUG!!

2009-01-11T14:23:00.000-08:00

Wood has arrived and was put to the test at the Home Gardens library. Inside the library you can see that both doors were wide open and men were walking in and out with long pieces of 4x4s. Its was a scary but exciting site. I had no clue what they were going to do but slowly the pieces were coming together. A big puzzle was in the making and I was privileged to be a part of it. Once the wood was hammered on the floor, it was ready to be lifted up. I just imagined how heavy it could have been, but everyone helped and it soon became a wall, the great wall inside to protect the library from the soon to be entryway outside. After today I have much respect for our workers trying to make this expansion happen. The team work is amazing and the end product is very highly anticipated. :)

Fighting Mother Nature

2008-12-30T16:19:00.001-08:00

Unfortunately, no one can predict the weather. The ground was heavily saturated with rainwater over the last bout of Southern California storms taking place during the past 2 weeks. So much for "Sunny California!"

They poured the cement!!

2008-12-24T13:45:00.000-08:00

Last week it was only dirt. After it rained they were back working hard. Now we have a cement foundation!!! Now that it has been poured, we wonder what's next...the walls maybe???

Bring on the cement!

2008-12-10T14:03:00.000-08:00

Construction is going very well on this bright December day. The construction workers are working hard to stay on schedule. Preparations for the foundation are in process. The frame for the foundation has already been set. We can't wait to see what it will look like after the cement is poured in. The brick wall near the public entrance to the fire station is also being constructed. We are still seeing a few more trenches being dug. Keep up the good work guys!

Construction after a Rainy day

2008-12-09T14:49:00.000-08:00

After the Thanksgiving break we came back to the unpleasant scenery of the construction area filled with puddles. As you can see, the construction area is flooded with water, due to the rain. The rain did not allow the construction workers to proceed with their task for the entire day. When the puddles clear, the construction workers will proceed with their daily functions.

Foundation Shaping Up!

2008-11-22T10:38:00.000-08:00

Dig! Dig! Dig!

2008-11-19T11:47:00.000-08:00

Our guys are hard at work, still measuring and digging out trenches. More trenches have been dug since we checked on them last week. It would be nice to get an aerial view of the site. It is interesting to see this process, since we are not able to get this kind of view once the building is up. The dirt pile has gone down significantly since the beginning of the dirt moving process. The guys are doing a very good job and they are working rapidly.

The Basketball Courts

2008-11-15T15:51:00.000-08:00

O no, the "BASKETBALL'' courts are down. The kids used to love playing in the court, but now we no longer have full size basketball court. :(

Pipes are coming in!!!

2008-11-12T12:43:00.000-08:00

So now that they are done playing with the dirt, they are getting to the installing of the pipes. We could see the trenches being dug and the pipes are coming in!!! Although, not quite sure what these pipes are for it is very neat to see. Maybe water!!! We will have to wait and see. But wait... last minute update! They are still not done with the dirt. He is still moving the dirt around! The dirt that was moved on Monday to make piles by the children Tot Lot is now being spread even. This only the middle of the week, I wonder what new progress will happen by the end of the week.

More Dirt!

2008-11-10T14:39:00.000-08:00

Just a days ago the land of Home Gardens Library was flat, once again piles of dirt are continuing to appear in the construction area. The bulldozer is still digging up dirt and pushing it towards our mini children's playground. Seeing the flat surface just a day ago made me think that the building of our new community room was about to start. But seeing the new piles of dirt again made me realize that its going to take much more time. Our wait continues.....