All front-facing windows of the high school were replaced with energy-efficient windows, and a permanent-storage building was constructed on the northeast side to store auditorium and maintenance supplies.
The project will create a gallery, reading room, auditorium, storage vault, courtyard and offices.
We gather in school libraries, auditoriums, storage rooms, churches and community centers to talk about issues pertaining to the LGBTQ community, but what I' really want to do is listen.
The renovation, which has created three floors devoted entirely to the permanent collection, also involved an expansion of the basement to accommodate an enlarged auditorium, additional storage space for art objects and new galleries for temporary exhibitions.
Constructed at a cost of $6 million, the purpose-built structure is set in a small botanical garden on the Port Madison Indian Reservation and consists of two galleries, a gift shop, a 50-seat auditorium, and a climate-controlled storage room used to house artifacts not on display.
To this end, a vast underground complex of offices, shops, exhibition spaces, storage areas, and parking areas, as well as an auditorium, a tourist bus depot, and a cafeteria, was constructed underneath the Louvre's central courtyards of the Cour Napoléon and the Cour du Carrousel.
In 2013, rumors suggested that the university administration was planning to place the museum's exhibits in permanent storage, close the museum and renovate Geology Hall for use as an auditorium.
For instance, a rock outcropping about 15 feet high defines the southeast edge of the storage area in which movable seats for the parterre level of the auditorium will be stored.
The second floor, including the old auditorium, is now occupied by a framing operation and high metal storage shelves.
The auditorium is being used as a lecture hall: McGarvey remembers it as "a dusty old storage space and exam hall with a mixture of multifarious uses".
