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ROSE BUILDING
Throughout October, the building site was
excavated and piles installed. Footings and founda-
tion walls were poured. Mechanical and electrical
installations were carried out prior to pouring the
ground floor slab on November 10 and the elevator
shaft on November 24. Form work for columns and
first floor slab started soon after. Drainage of the
courtyard site also was completed. The first floor
slab was poured December 2, the second floor
December 14 and the roof slab December 21.
According to schedule, the building was up,
covered and shrouded in protective plastic in time
for the first snowfall.
Here on the site of the 1959 Annex, where
generations of Westmount children journeyed with
Tintin or listened to story hour, a new pavilion was
taking shape for new generations to share in the
same adventures.
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Looking out the new glazed reading alcove.
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