Photos from March-May, 2007. Photos by Korwyn Peck or Lynn Eichinger. |
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May 9. Photos by Korwyn Peck |
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Denis Cassidy, craftsman who bent the wood for the curved
stair moulding. |
Detention barracks tented for fumigation operation. Click
here for Marin IJ newspaper article. |
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Laying the asphalt curb on the road along the fence above
the Immigration Station Site |
Renee, a former detainee at age 11 |
Don Bybee, DPR Project Managing Architect. and other team
members arriving for a project meeting. |
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March 21. Photos by Korwyn Peck |
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Granite monument in new location. |
New guardrails at hospital with granite monument beyond. |
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Replacement for old metal stairs. |
Administrative terrace taking shape. |
Installation of guardrails at the Play Yard walkway. |
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March 17. A tour of the
Immigration construction progress was offered to the public. Photos below,
by Lynn Eichinger. are from that visit. |
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Upstairs men's dorm. Note raking light bases installed in ceiling along
the walls. These will help increase the visibility of the poems. |
Downstairs men's dorm showing the worksmen's equipment |
Outside of the barracks, showing the new walkways to the back and out the
side. |
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Walkway from the barracks that will be part of the new
tour. |
Views of the administration building footprint from the
barracks. |
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Examples of carved poetry in the detention barracks. The
sample on the right is the result of testing methods of revealing hidden
characters. The time-consuming process costs $100 per character and may
destroy intermediate works. |
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| Footprint of the
interrogation room. There will be a granite table with embedded identity
cards and interrogation transcripts placed here. |
Outlines of waiting rooms
for immigrants. Benches would have been along each of the lighter lines.
Example of a
waiting room. |
New location of granite
monument, overlooking China Cove. |
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| Stairs to administrative building
footprint |
View of the admin footprint from the
landing. Concrete circle with stump is from fallen palm tree that
cannot be replaced due to proximity of Miwok artifacts. |
Dan Quan, designer of the interpretive
elements, and Casey Lee, Park Interpretive Specialist, describe the
interpretive plan. |
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Reconstructed landing. Interpretive elements, including a
map showing where detainees came from, will be embedded in the surface. |
Administration building footprint. |
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The detention barracks with reconstructed entry and
terrace. |
