Excuse Our Mess!

I could not help but notice as I drove down Central towards Main Street all of the construction workers on the South side of the street busily in and out of the buildings.  Not only do we have major construction happening in the Ellet Opera House (HOPE VI Main Street grant award winner), but also Robin's is having new flooring put in and some construction completed as well. 




The metal facade' has been taken off of the front of the building and exposing the
beautiful, original transom windows.  For those excited about preserving historic buildings, this is very exciting!




Here is a reminder of what the building looked like with the metal facade'
covering the transom windows




See that man up there in the middle?  They are working on the roof of the
building.  Before all of the work started, you could see the sky from
inside...and there were a couple hundred feathered friends who made this space their home.






















Entrance to upper story a couple months
ago.  Wish it was a wider pic.



Entrance now with exposed transom windows

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A little further West on Central is the construction happening in the empty lot.  If you have not noticed, those guys are moving fast!  With a goal of being completed by April...they are not wasting time.

 This picture on the left is a couple weeks old, it has changed quite a bit since this was taken.  I will get some more on here soon.

This picture is of the vault that will be in the building for KS Secured Title.  They have records that date back to 1868!