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The following images were taken between
January 4 and January 13 in 2023. This phase of
the demolition focused its attention on the extensions
to the original building that were completed in 1958,
1965 and 1971. By January 13th only the original
building, built in two stages in 1919 and 1922, was
left standing.
 Jim Gerhart
Below - A video shared on January 4 showing the Park Street Entrance  Above and below - January 6 - The view from Park Street showing the demolition of the 1958 and 1965 wing of the building   Above - January 6 - The view from Centre Street showing the collapsing roof of the library Below - From Park Street showing the partially demlished library beyond the rubble piles  Below - Shared on January 13 - showing the demolished gym and beyond the remaining original building  Below - Shared on January 13 - taken from Centre Street showing the demolished Centre Street entrance and the school office and girls changing room. Beyond the doorways is the gym.  Below - shared on January 13 showing the demolition of the gym underway 
************************** Beth Lacasse  Above - Shared on January 5 - View from Park Street - the 1958 and 1865 wing already down. The grey building beyond is the library minus the brick facade. Below - the Park Street Entrance  Below - The library with its brick facade missing.  Below - Shared on January 9 - the view from Centre Street - Only the base of the library remains.  Below - At this stage the Centre Street entrance is still intact. 
Below - Shared January 9 - The view from Park Street near the corner with Centre Street. The library is gone.  Below - January 9 - the view from Centre Street.  Below - shared January 9 - the remnants of the 1958 block seen from Centre Street  Below - Shared January 12 - The rubble pile where the gym stood with the original building beyond.   Above & Below -Shared January 9 - Taken from Spruce Street showing the demolished gym.  Below - January 9 - Taken from Spruce Street showing the demolished gym and what was the stage.  *********************** Karen Maguire The images below were shared by Karen on January 7 and were taken from Park Street and Spruce Street     ************************ Cathy Clackett  Above - shared on
January 4 - showing the Spruce Street entrance - also
showing the 1919 date stone removed from the pediment.
Apparently the plan is to use it as some sort of memorial once the site is turned into a parking lot and green sopace. Below - the view from Park Street showing the demolition of the 1958 and 1965 wing of the building - the washrooms can be seen on the left  Below - Taken from Park Street shows the end of the 1965 building.  Below - the Park
Street Entrance
  The video below was
shared on January 4 - it was taken from Park Street
The image below was
shared on January 6 and was taken from Park Street
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Colleen Murphy Colleen's images were taken on January 4 from Park Street  Above - the demolition of the 1965 addition with the staircase still intact.  Below - The Park Street Entrance.    ***************************** Jacquie Tarnowski Jacquie's images were taken on January 4 from Park Street     ******************************** Charles & Jennifer McClare Jennifer took these images on the 27th of December when she was in town over Christmas. The demolition equipment was lurking in the school yard but the destruction hadn't begun.    Jennifer's dad captured this rather romantic view of the old school. Jennifer passed it to me on January 6.  ***************************** Rick Mitchell Rick sent the following images on January 4th and 5th  Above: At this point only the front of the 1958 & 1965 extensions facing Park Street had been demolished. The library and all of the 1971 expansion was still intact.  Above & Below - the view from Park Street.   As you can see from the date stamp on the image below, this photograph was taken long before the demolition began      ************************ Shared by Sara McNichol - Taken By Kim Bressan These images were shared on January 4 and were taken from Park Street.     Shared by Sara McNichol - Taken By Joe Kozlowski These images show the devastation on the Centre Street side of the school with the library gone along with much of the 1971 extension.   ************************** Shared by Sherry Ram-Roussy - Taken by her Mum Sherry shared this image on January 4. It was taken from Park Street by her mum.  *************************** Rock Taylor Ironically, Rock sent
these two images on Friday 13th of
January. Not a lucky day for the school
building. They show that in a week and a
half the building has been reduced back to its
original size with all the newer extensions
demolished.
  The
fact is that although the school dates
back to 1919, as the plaque pointed
out, at that time it was a
single storey structure. It
wasn' t until 1921 that a second
storey was added.
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