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Take A Hard-Hat Tour of The Kimmel Center Construction Site
"Hello, I'm R.J. I am in eighth grade and attend Abington
Junior High. I interviewed a construction worker and got a hard hat
tour at The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. I wanted to do this
because I thought it would be pretty cool to get an inside view of
The Kimmel Center before anyone else could. It was a lot of fun to
go inside such a neat building while they were still building it.
My favorite part of the hard hat tour was when we went into Verizon
Hall and learned about all the cool things you would be able to
do to the lights and stage. It was also really scary at the balcony
when I looked down. I thought I was going to fall.
My favorite part of the whole building was probably the glass
dome at the top. It was really cool how Frank Baxter, my tour
guide and the construction company’s safety manager, described
the way they put it together. He said the glass doesn’t break
and shatter, it breaks and stays in place like a car windshield.
Seeing how they built The Kimmel Center was really interesting
and fun. Now that I've seen it during construction, I want to
see it when it's all done."
L.F. Driscoll provides construction management for The Kimmel
Center building project.
>Also see: Building the Center
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