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Manchester Officials Produce Time Lapse Video On New Library Project
Manchester's new library has progressed over the past 54 months.
MANCHESTER, CT ā Officials in Manchester have produced a new time lapse video showing the development of the town's new library.
The new library resides at 1041 Main St., where a former Webster Bank branch was demolished to make way for the 76,000-square foot structure. It was designed by Friar HMB Architecture and the construction manager is Connecticut and Rhode Island-based O and G Industries.
The price tag is about $50 million, and footing the bill is $2.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act money, $39 million in bonding funds, $5 million from the U.S. Treasury Capital Projects Fund and a grant of $3.5 million from the state Community Investment Fund.
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The original timetable was for a summer opening.
Construction began about 54 months ago with a giant hole in the ground.
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In July, the last big steel beam was put into place.
Here is the progression toward what it looks like today:
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