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Intern Ben Peery checks out the new gallery lighting.

Several TAUNY staff members crafted this gingerbread rendering of The TAUNY Center under construction. "What we thought would be one evening of gingerbread building turned into a week-long long marathon. Guess that's how it goes with construction!

Framing for new handicap-accessible restroom and rear entrance.

Tom Love, crew foreman for Continental Construction Company, is taping and filling dry wall before painting the temporary dust barrier on the main floor.

The temporary dust barrier on the main floor will block off the construction area enabling the Folkstore to remain fully operational throughout the construction project.

Continental Construction crew demolished the former J.J. Newberry's manager's office and some other interior features to prepare the main floor for renovations.

Josh Butler of Continental Construction digs out mud from the hole cut in the basement concrete slab floor for the pit for the elevator.

Carol Pynchon peers through the hole cut through the second floor firewall where the elevator will eventually open into the future staff offices and archives rooms.