[Source: Barbara Stocklin, City of Phoenix] — Renovation to the 1926 A.E. England Motor Car Company on the Phoenix Civic Space property has begun. Abatement work is almost complete on the interior, south side of the building, and asbestos-laden roof (now removed).
The photo at left, looking west from the front door on Central Avenue, shows the interior first floor’s wood trusses with new glue lam beams bolted onto either side of the trusses’ bottom chord. The original bottom horizontal member is sandwiched between two new members, but all original components of the trusses remain (done to give the roof more structural capacity).
The photo at right, looks north at workers rebuilding and repairing the north parapet wall (once shared by an adjacent building, now demolished). Masons are using salvaged bricks from the site, matching the original pattern of brick.
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