The stained glass windows in our Great Hall have been fully removed and taken offsite for restoration, leaving us with an unconventional view of the changing leaves. It’s remarkable how quickly the renovation has changed the look of our familiar building, and there’s still so much more to go.

The vomitorium from our lobby level to the Great Hall remained unused due to safety concerns. Although this stairway certainly lent some charm to the lobby, with the help of this excavator, we’d much rather use the space for adding 17 accessible new restrooms on the ground floor!

This sturdy rebar frame will be filled with concrete to thicken and reinforce our historic walls as part of our seismic stabilization efforts! The building is currently unreinforced masonry, so the importance of earthquake-proofing cannot be overstated.

Our friends at RAFN construction discovered the remains of Town Hall’s old heating system while digging into the basement level. Makes us glad we’ll be installing our new climate control system somewhere a little less spooky.

The stained glass from our windows in the Great Hall is being removed for refurbishing. It’s unusual to see the Great Hall without those lively panes, but we’re excited to see how they look when they return to us restored!

This scaffold sprung up around our building so that our friends at Pioneer Masonry can begin restoration work on our historic terra cotta facade.

One of the first stages of the renovation is the groundwork for our seismic stabilization system.

We’re removing the old Downstairs ramp to make way for mobility improvements like grade-level, accessible restrooms and a brand new elevator.

The delicate organ screen will be protected by this layer of plywood during the renovation. On June 30, just before the renovation began, we toasted our community of artists and activists, and sounded the wooden pipes of our Austin Organ one last time with a G Major chord, “the People’s key.”