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Photos: The construction of Waterville’s Paul J. Schupf Art Center
Saturday was the opening of the $18 million Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville and a day-long series of events were planned for families. Construction of the center lasted about a year and a half in the heart of downtown and the center is seen as a landmark destination for years to come featuring a variety of art and cultural offerings.
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Crooker Construction begins demolition of The Center in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021, to make way for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelCrooker Construction begins demolition of The Center building in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelA worker dismantles the remaining parts of the skybridge that connected the Waterville Opera House to The Center in downtown Waterville on April 29, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelCrews demolish The Center building on Main Street in Waterville on May 11, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelCrooker Construction begins demolition of The Center building in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021. Now in its place is the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelCrooker Construction begins demolition of The Center in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelConstruction crews begin putting steel in place at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 5, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelA welder with American Aerial Services works on the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Main Street in downtown Waterville on Jan. 19. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelThe Center building at 93 Main St. in Waterville is shown in March 2021 before it was razed to make way for construction of the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelWorkers swing a beam into place before it was installed during a topping off ceremony for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Nov. 9, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelWorkers build a walkway that connects the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, left, with the Waterville Opera House on Dec. 14, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelA beam is signed before being lifted into place during a topping off ceremony for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Nov. 9, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelWorkers build a walkway that connects the Paul J. Schupf Art Center with the Waterville Opera House on Dec. 14, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelWorkers raise and position a window before installing it at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on July 18. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelAn installation crew with Cumberland County Glass finishes the south side of the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on May 13. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelJason Sheckley, a worker with New England Theatre Service of Beacon Falls, Conn., sets a movie screen in one of the theaters at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 25. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelChris Sicely, right, and Tom Collins, welders with Charles Leonard Steel Services of Concord, N.H., set a railing in place in a theater of the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 25. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelA man works on lighting at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 25. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelCarpenter Jeff Cochran on Oct. 25 begins closing the open space left behind from the skybridge that at one time connected the Waterville Opera House to The Center, which has now been replaced with the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelConstruction workers finish adjoining the Paul J. Shupf Art Center skybridge to Waterville City Hall in downtown Waterville on Nov. 30. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelNick Menario and Matt Gendron, installers with Neokraft Signs of Lewiston, hang the final sign to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Waterville on Dec. 7. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelNick Menario and Matt Gendron, installers with Neokraft Signs of Lewiston, hang the final sign to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Waterville on Dec. 7. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelGrace Kroeger applies caulk to the trim around the entrance to the Waterville Opera House from the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Waterville on Dec. 7. Michael G. Seamans/Morning SentinelThe Paul J. Schupf Art Center, in foreground at left, as seen from above on Dec. 15. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
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