Library Turned to Dust

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Bits of the building have been exposed during the demolition process and it is hard to know what bit went where any more. Let’s not get into the stages of beginnings and endings that makes us all feel like failed Churchills.  This load of rubble will be cleared, holes will be dug and walls will be built. Throw in a couple of windows, some doors and dress  with bookshelves, books, table, chairs, coffee and people and hurrah! The new Cricklewood Library lives.

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Slow Dismantling – No Sunday Working

the roof is now open to the elements

the roof is now open to the elements

The tiles are coming off the roof, and we can see the skeleton of the building being revealed – the joists revealed for the first time since they were covered in 1929.

… not much else to see behind the covers.

the scaffolding and tarpaulin is like a shroud, but also keeps the dust in

the scaffolding and tarpaulin is like a shroud, but also keeps the dust in

Used as the front door - this was not the original front door which was down the side

So, as the building is taken to pieces you can see that what we’ve known as the front door was widened in recent years, actually it was a window. People used the side entrance to get into the library, and ‘our’ front door used to be a window, and in front of it was a little park for people to sit and read outside.