Archive for December, 2007
Alter Hall Shines at Christmas
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Last week as I walked across Ritter Hall plaza between Montgomery and Cecil B. Moore Avenues, I was struck by work lights twinkling through the leafless trees framed against the silhouette of Alter Hall. I returned with my camera moments later to see if I could capture the moment, but alas, the camera couldn’t provide the proper degree of sparkle to reflect what I had seen. What do I when my view of life doesn’t square with reality? I change reality. So with the assistance of Jodi Weisberg and some Photoshop tools, we’ve re-created the vision I saw that my normally trusty camera wouldn’t allow. After all, appearance is everything. Right?
Meanwhile, on the outside …
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Scaffolding has been rising on Liacouras Walk to the fourth level.
Expect to see sheathing going up soon, followed by brick work in the new year.
From 4 to 7
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Do you know how difficult it must be to schedule concrete around the weather? Today it was overcast with no rain despite a forecast of 30%. Yesterday it was supposed to rain but it didn’t amount to much. When do you call in the big trucks and when do you tell them to stay home? They were here today, pouring the roof of the 7th floor and the floor of the 4th. The chance of rain tomorrow is 30% and 70% for Thursday. You didn’t know construction managers had to stay so close to AcccuWeather, did you?
Pouring 4 and 7 from John DeAngelo on Vimeo.
Alter from Inside Out
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Last Wednesday, November 23, members of the Alter Hall Core Committee were given an opportunity to view Alter Hall from the inside. Up until now, stills and videos were captured from OUTSIDE Alter Hall, usually from one of the windows into construction in Speakman Hall.
This time we traveled the little red lift to the 1st, 3rd, and 7th floors. From the first floor we could view the auditorium below and the atrium to the 3rd floor. On the 3rd floor, we visited the Dean’s Suite and saw Speakman from the top of the atrium. The 7th floor, home of MBA full-time programs, afforded the most dramatic vistas, with views of the city skyline, the Walt Whitman Bridge and Temple’s campus.
Rather than label each shot, I prefer to give you a sense of the building in collage. Write me with any qustions about what you see and I will post answers to the blog.
Inside Out from
John DeAngelo on Vimeo.
John DeAngelo