Week 15 - Demolition!

A lot of science goes into constructing a building. As it turns out, a lot also goes in to tearing one down.

This past Monday morning, the former St. Stanislaus High School building, which for 56 years sat on the corner of Van Buren and Kosciuszko, was demolished. As part of the demolition, the cornerstone of the building was removed. It will join the cornerstone of the convent as part of the historical record of our Parish. Arrangements are being made to open the time capsule from the cornerstone in the near future, possibly as early as the weekend of August 4th. Stay tuned!

The event drew a large crowd for much of the day, and was covered by the Bay City Times and WNEM TV5.

Of course, we provided our own coverage as well, which you can see in the many pictures in this week's photo album. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, video can relay 30,000 a second....



If that wasn't enough excitement for the week, consider these:

The kitchen area of the new Parish Center is getting its brick. If you're still wondering what the new Parish Center will look like, stop by 21st and Farragut.

Steel for the building begins arriving this Sunday! Starting next week, you will see steady progress made towards its installation.

The Parish Campus will be without power on Monday while workers switch over the service to the new underground feeds. Note the Parish Office will likely be closed.

Workers will soon begin rerouting utilities away from the powerhouse in preparation for its demolition, after which the old fuel tanks will be extracted.

The Building Committee selected NetSource One of Saginaw as the technology provider for the project. They will be onsite next week starting to run underground cable.

Full speed ahead!