{"id":4994,"date":"2021-12-09T07:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2021-12-09T07:46:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:46:45","slug":"restoration-continues-apace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/restoration-continues-apace\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration Continues Apace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dozens of representatives from all trades and occupations in the construction industry are making great progress with the restoration of the Macdonald-Stewart Library Building, home of the Schulich Library.  All demolition work is finished and only construction phases remain. \u00a0The work has unveiled many missed and forgotten windows, promising naturally brightened floors.  New finishes and increased washrooms will ease your long hours of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To shed some light on how this is shaping up, here is a before photo of our very popular group study, 5th floor. Large swaths of floorspace had been closed off with the false walls that covered up our unique windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students-1024x382.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students-768x286.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students-500x186.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/Schulich-5th-floor-with-students.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A very full Schulich 5th floor, with temporary walls blocking the windows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a similar, panned-out view of that section, windows shining through.\u00a0 Women\u2019s needs were woefully underserved in our building, and this floor will also include a large women\u2019s washroom of ten stalls, as well as two individual, gender-neutral washrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/5th-floor-windows.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/5th-floor-windows.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/5th-floor-windows.jpg 468w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2021\/12\/5th-floor-windows-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Schulich 5th floor, windows uncovered.  Things are looking brighter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the renovation project, please see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/about\/renovation-schulich-library\">project page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of representatives from all trades and occupations in the construction industry are making great progress with the restoration of the Macdonald-Stewart Library Building, home of the Schulich Library. All demolition work is finished and only construction phases remain. \u00a0The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/restoration-continues-apace\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1722,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-4994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-macdonald-stewart-library-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4994"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5001,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions\/5001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}