Dining Hall Construction updated 7/11/06

Archived Photos

8/4/06 Entrance between Ritchie and AT Room

8/4/06 VP Rick Creehan gives a tour of the new facilities to athletic and admissions' staffs.

8/3/06 Entrance into the president's dining room from the main dining hall

8/3/06 One of the many new food stations.

8/3/06 Patio construction continues despite the rain.

8/3/06 Ritchie's former serving line has been transformed!

8/3/06 Ritchie's new entrance.

8/2/06 Workers throw dust on the patio.

8/2/06 Workers continue on the patio.

8/2/06 Tile has been placed around the double-sided fireplace.

8/2/06

8/2/06

8/2/06 Old serving line area

8/2/06 President's Dining Room

8/1/06 Patio

8/1/06 Patio work continues

8/1/06 Interior

8/1/06 Interior

7/31/06

7/31/06

7/31/06

7/31/06

7/31/06 Many of the new counters and area dividers have been brought inside to be installed.

7/27/06 New Front Entrance.

7/27/06 President's Dining Room being painted.

7/27/06 President's Dining Room bay window

7/27/06 Floors (Former serving line area)

7/27/06 Floors (Former serving line area)

7/27/06 Floor tiles being put into place.

7/27/06 Double-sided fireplace

7/26/06 Front Entrance

7/26/06 Floor

7/26/06 Work continues on the pizza oven.

7/25/06 Work on the patio continues.

7/24/06 New outdoor patio.

7/24/06 New outdoor patio.

7/24/06 More of the interior walls have been painted.

7/24/06

7/24/06

7/24/06 Interior Floors

7/21/06 Today they began pouring the cement for the outdoor patio.

7/21/06 Making progress on the interior floors.

7/21/06 Interior floor

7/21/06 Cement for the sidewalk being poured

7/21/06 Cement for the sidewalk being poured

7/19/06 Sidewalk leading to the new entrance of Ritchie

7/19/06 Other sidewalk leading to the new entrance of Ritchie

7/19/06 President's Dining Room bay window

7/19/06 Pizza Oven nearly installed

7/19/06 The floor is being prepared.

7/18/06 The new pizza oven being installed.

7/18/06 The new interior lights.

7/18/06 The new entrance.

7/17/06 Part of the the interior has been painted

7/17/06 Interior

7/17/06 Entrance

7/14/06 Wood trim being sanded and stained

7/14/06 President's Dining Hall Bay Window

7/14/06 Interior

7/14/06 Double-sided fireplace

7/14/06 Drywall

7/14/06 Drywall

7/13/06

7/13/06

7/13/06

7/10/06

7/10/06

Unique, partition-like walls will section off the interior. 7/6/06

7/6/06

The bases of these light poles outline where the patio will be. 7/10/06

Drywall is up around one side of the double-sided fireplace. (7/10/06)

The former serving line area is now open to the rest of the room. The wooden arches at right are being revarnished. 7/10/06

7/7/06

7/6/06

7/6/06

President's Dining Room (7/6/06)

President's Dining Room (7/6/06)

(6/29/06)

A welder works on the roof frame of the new entry. (6/30/06)

The new entry is now closed in. (6/27/06)

Part of the peak is set in place. (6/27/06)

Steel beams are set in place to form the new entry. (6/26/06)

This shows a different angle of the entry construction. (6/26/06)

Roof bumpers are formed. (6/27/06)

Along the edge of the patio...(6/27/06)

...and the same spot a day earlier. (6/26/06)

The double-sided fireplace is installed. (6/26/06)

A beam is lifted into place as work begins on the new entry. (6/23/06)

The new entry can be seen at center, and the new roof on the Lenawee Room at right. (6/23/06)

A new roof goes down on the Lenawee Room, the main student dining room. (6/20/06)

Summer guests walk into the Adrian-Tobias Room with its newly-completed roof. (6/20/06)

6/20/06

Generations of students ate most of their meals here in the Lenawee Room. It will be redone by fall. (6/20/06)

Modern-looking stations will be located throughout Ritchie Marketplace. Each will provide something different, from Mongolian grill options to pizza. (6/20/06)

Workers recently assembled another of the futuristic frames for the interior. (6/20/06)

A footer goes in at the front of the building. As if acknowledging the transition, the letters for Ritchie Hall make way for the facility's new name, Ritchie Marketplace. (6/20/06)

New windows are installed. (6/15/06)

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The Lenawee Room (6/15/06)

The ceiling of the Lenawee Room gets a new coat of paint. (6/15/06)

6/14/06

The fireplace at the base of the chimney will soon be double-sided and enclosed in the new entrance, which will be located here. (6/14/06)

Students knew this as the President's Dining Room. (6/8/06)

Serving lines for the cafeteria have been removed for a completely new layout and serving style. (6/8/06)

The former passageway into the Adrian-Tobias Room will now be part of the main entrance. (6/8/06)

The former main entrance. (6/8/06)

Site of the new entrance. (6/2/06)

The floor is resurfaced at the site of the former serving lines. Students will now select food at stations spaced throughout the dining hall. (5/30/06)

A truck delivers concrete through the window. (5/30/06)

Generations of students ate most of their meals here in the Lenawee Room. It will be redone by fall. (5/25/06)

Workers build the new entryway, expanding off the passageway between the main dining hall and the Adrian-Tobias Room. The student center is visible through the trees. (5/30/06)

The former entryway will now lead out to a patio. (5/30/06)

The stone face of the fireplace has been removed. The fireplace will now be double-sided and surrounded by lounge-style seating. It will be located near the new entrance to the dining hall. (5/30/06)

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Right on schedule posted 5/2/06 On the day after graduation, workers fenced off Ritchie Dining Hall to begin a series of exciting renovations that will transform the facility into Ritchie Marketplace. The work is scheduled for completion by the time students arrive for fall semester. See artist renderings and learn more about the plan by clicking the link above left.