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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.
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
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.
Cricklewood Library (1929) is leaving us, being dismantled from the inside out… and from the rubble a new building will be born.
demolished from within
The building is shrouded in white plastic sheeting and scaffolding, and set back behind black hoardings. So what can you see? Nothing. We’ve got a couple of photos from an insider, risking life and limb and sporting a safety helmet, having signed a waiver about liability.
The roof of the library building is being dismantled today and the whole demolition process will take around four weeks, assuming no hidden treasure or remains of former regents is discovered.
The library was built in 1929, by the community. A new library will be part of the mixed development, due to be completed in March 2016.
Please do post pictures via twitter or fb, or send them here – use the contact form or email us info@cricklewoodlibrary.org.uk
You may not have been able to make the meeting on Tuesday 5th – missing custard creams and 65 other people who are interested in the future of Cricklewood Library. Also you will have missed the large scale plans of the library, so we are adding them to this site for your enjoyment.
You can download the plan here.
If you have any suggestions about what you want to see in the library, if you want to add your name to the mailing list, send some money to help kit out the library or even share your skills, please do get in touch. Use the contact page, or tweet &c.
