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The Big Dig

Construction of new building on Drexel Queen Lane campus, 2009 - basement excavation. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

The speed of the building progress caught us by surprise. Just a few short weeks ago, I visited the hole in the ground, which was unreasonably impressive - we could actually imagine ourselves moving in and managing our materials there in the dirt.

Since we are not currently at the same location as the new building site, more thrills came when these images were sent.

Construction of new building on Drexel Queen Lane campus, 2009 - concrete forms. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Forms for walls.

Construction of new building on Drexel Queen Lane campus, 2009 - wide shot of concrete forms for compact shelving. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Progress as of just last week. The first pour: setting the forms for the rails that will support the compact shelving.

Construction of new building on Drexel Queen Lane campus, 2009 - first concrete pour to support compact shelving. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Zamboni for concrete!

Before we know it we’ll be loading our 9,000 linear feet of shelf space…

Construction pics courtesy of Bernard Moore, Drexel University College of Medicine.