At last...
Mon, Apr 26 2010 01:43
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rd to believe we've finally reached opening. Seven years is a long time, and the last 16th months has seemed even longer. But, we're finally ready. As I type this, it's late, about 2am, and I'm sitting in the house of Theater 1. The space is dark and quiet but it doesn't feel empty. It feels anticipatory. When the building was under construction, being here at night was unnerving; I felt like a trespasser. It wasn't our space, it belonged to the construction workers and the city inspectors and the general contractor and the engineers.
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"Saving" money
Tue, Dec 22 2009 08:42
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Weeks 10-14: Some more missing bits
When last we left our little project, I had just discovered some minor omissions from the plans: specifically, the sound systems for the theatre. So as I worked to pull together specifications for that little addition, a few other items came to light
When last we left our little project, I had just discovered some minor omissions from the plans: specifically, the sound systems for the theatre. So as I worked to pull together specifications for that little addition, a few other items came to light
Stepping into the Empty Space
Mon, Oct 26 2009 08:14
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OK, so between our benefit, Halloween and my desire to see EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF ENTOURAGE EVER FILMED, I have not been writing about progress at the new space, and there has been amazing, astonishing progress. So, here's a quick recap of what happening in our build out:
Week 3-4
This week was mainly about pouring the new concrete for the floor. The final amount, which had been quoted at $21,000 ended up being about $19,000 of which $4,000 was already budgeted so it could have been worse. When the space was clear, the concrete truck came, a sight that delighted my four year old daughter although the noise scared her a little. You pay for the materials, but you also pay for the truck hourly, and given the subcontractor's desire to limit the truck's time, I assume that portion is non-trivial. The truck poured concrete into the bobcat, which then drove it into place and dumped it. The concrete was then shovelled into place by one team, followed by two other guys who specialialized in smoothing it out. I asked if I could write my name in it, and the GC got a pained look and whispered, "wait till these guys leave." They work really hard to smooth it out perfectly, and then some asshole comes along with a sharp stick. Fair enough.
Week 3-4
Week 2: Where walls will be
Mon, Sep 7 2009 02:34
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Week 2 has mainly been about beginning the process of creating walls. Here they are, surrounded by exciting heavy machinery that I'm not allowed to touch.
Week 1: Oh God, we're all gonna die!
Sun, Aug 30 2009 08:40
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Demolition is complete. The space as of the end of week 1 looks like this:
Look, we found an old van under the mainstage! (not really). At this point, we can really examine the entire building to look for fun surprises.
Construction Begins!
Mon, Aug 24 2009 08:13
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Friday, at long last, construction finally began.
this pic is also in the demolition gallery
I can’t tell you how excited I was to actually see work happening after almost 6 years of planning. This really has been a long road. I spent about three hours Friday morning putting up some signage in the front window and nominally meeting the subcontractors, but what I was really doing was watching the bobcats chew up the theatre like fucking tissue paper. I tell you, strike with one of these bad boys would take an hour. The above photo is from the old bailiwick shop after about an hour of work by one guy. Now, I did a clean up of this space in the early nineties, and it took three of us TWO WEEKS.
Three theatre visions
Tue, Sep 30 2008 01:34
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Those of you who've visited the bailiwick will see some common qualities here. The existing space is a smaller front lobby with a large hall that extends down the length of the building along the south side of the mainstage space. The above scheme cuts the mainstage in two and sacrifices the shop as I had asked. It will require a new door for fire exit in the new north space. This plan also gave