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Foundation in-filling
After a holiday season and January that saw record cold temperatures, the recent warmer weather has allowed work to continue. Today the sun managed to peak through the clouds after many days of rain and fog. The following two photos can be compared to the previous...
DIEalogues
Last fall, the first Hospice Peterborough DIEalouges were hosted at Lett Architect Studio. These sessions were about opening up a conversation about death and dying to the community. During one of these sessions a question was posed to the attendees: If you could...
Foundation work complete!
Earlier this week workers completed pouring the rest of the concrete foundation for the new Care Centre. This is a significant milestone! Thanks to everyone for helping build your new community Hospice. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent...
The Strange Events of Grief
It was just one of those nights. He had to get out of the house. Oh, he understood that his adult children were just worried about him and that is why they doted on his every move. “Come on Dad – you have to eat – have more food… Dad, now you have to get things done...
Full footprint emerging
This afternoon workers continued to install the forms for pouring the remaining concrete foundation. You can really see the complete building footprint emerging (four times the square footage of the current Hospice building). We also hosted an open house this...
Foundation work starting up again
With the permit recently approved to continue building the new foundation, workers were at the site this morning laying the concrete forms for the Heeney House community programming area. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction...
Gravel inlay for Hospice Residence
This morning on my way to work I photographed this team placing and flattening gravel in-between the concrete foundation walls for the new Hospice Residence. In the photo below, the excavator is where the private garden will be. Where the men are standing is where a...
Making room for a new foundation
While there is still some debris to be cleared away from the demolition of Langton House, the excavator is starting to make way for the new foundation of Heeney House. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity?...
Moving forward
Yesterday and today work continues on the demolition of Langton House to make room for our new Hospice Peterborough Care Centre. It has been a difficult process leading up to this day but now we can move forward to build the best hospice for our community. [showhide...
Ribbons for remembering Langton House
Thank-you to everyone who participated in yesterday's Community Memories Ceremony - it was an opportunity for those who may have lived, worked, visited or simply admired this building to remember and celebrate the meaning the space had for them before the building is...