The photo above shows preparations for beams to be installed on the second floor of 2526.
The sign on the rubbish heap asks "Where will you spend eternity?" It appeared with the debris that was swept down from above. 
This was the way the area pictured above looked at the end of the work week.
Directly inside the entrance is a gaping hole that spans approximately a third of the width of the building.
This is the view into the back (public) hallway. We used to go through here to reach our Sunday School/Head Start classroom. Do you remember the distinctive green paint on the door leading to the outside?
Removal of debris continued during the third week of work. By Friday, July 18, two major milestones were reached: New beams had been installed in the front part of the first floor of 2526, and debris had been pushed down and removed from all four floors above the front part of 2524.
The steel beams—structurally sound components of the original sturdily-built building—were painted, and new beams were installed.
This photo was taken from the roof of our building at 2522 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (formerly Seventh Avenue), looking down into the work site at 2524. During this third week of the gut renovation phase, debris from the second floor/front was moved downstairs and carried out to the dumpsters; then debris from the third floor/front was moved downstairs and carried out to the dumpsters; then debris from the fourth floor/front was moved downstairs and carried out to the dumpsters; then debris from the fifth floor/front was moved downstairs and carried out to the dumpsters. By Friday afternoon, the structural "bones" of this area were finally visible.
From the doorway at 2524, one of the commercial dryers from the former laundromat is visible among the remaining debris. 
Next door, plywood now covers the gaping holes in the floor. This is the space that served as the original sanctuary of Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church and was the first classroom for our Head Start program.
