Grandfather Mountain, Nature on a Whole Different Level

Top Shop Construction

Spring-Summer 2009

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August 25
August 25
Stone is moving up the exterior walls.

July 24
July 24
You can really see the progress the stone masons are making on the exterior walls.

June 24
June 24
The walls are up and interior framing is underway.

June 24
June 24
The view from inside the third floor.

May 15
May 15
The walls are up on the first floor.

April 25
April 25
Framing is in place on the second and third floors.

March 17
April 25
Working on the arch that forms the roof on the third floor.

April 25
April 25
Things are really starting to take shape.

March 17
March 17
When the old building was torn down, there was a gap in the cliff where the old steps used to exit the old top shop. Now the architects need that cliff raised to be level with the grade of the path from the bridge. To get the large rocks up to the top of the cliff (a height equal to the third floor of the building), crews use a crane to lift the boulders into place.

March 17
March 17
After the crane lifted the rock to the top of the cliff, the crew set the stone in place.

March 10
March 10
The steel framing is going up to form the exterior walls on the first floor.


March 10
March 10
The steel framing is going up! You can see walls on the first level and the subfloor is going in on the second!

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