St. Louis Art Museum expansion project shows progress
Date: 7/10/2012 Album ID: 1500391
Photos by by J.B. Forbes
The St. Louis Art Museum expansion project is taking shape as it gets closer to the projected completion in 2013. Workmen were planting trees and putting asphalt down on the entry drive to the new expansion.
Workers install window shades Tuesday morning, July 10, 2012, in the new expansion of the St. Louis Art Museum. The old section is reflected in the windows.

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A workman puts finishing touches on the corner of the entryway Tuesday morning, July 10, 2012, at the St. Louis Art Museum's expansion project. 

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Foreman Randy Pohlmann, with Waldbart Nursery, directs his men where trees will be planted Tuesday morning, July 10, 2012, at the entrance to the St. Louis Art Museum's expansion project.

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Workers with MB West Paving put asphalt down on the entrance driveway Tuesday morning, July 10, 2012, to the new expansion of the St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park.

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The older back entrance to the St. Louis Art Museum is reflected in the glass of the new expansion project Tuesday July 10, 2012, in Forest Park.

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Keith Barnes, an iron worker with Architectural Wall Systems, cleans up Tuesday morning July 10, 2012, around the entry doors to the St. Louis Art Museum's new expansion. Behind him is the entry foyer.

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Visitors to the St. Louis Art Museum walk past a sign announcing the new expansion that is scheduled to be completed in 2013.

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