Home
Snapshot
History
Donate
Donors
News
Updates

Home
Snapshot
History
Donate
Donors
News
Updates

Steel frame is built.

A worker in a lift attaches a steel beam to a steel post.

Mark Superczynski2026-03-18T12:21:03-05:00

March 5, 2026

High overhead photograph of the completed footings and steel frame construction.

Wide, low-angle photo of the north end of new construction. Steel posts await attachment of steel beams.

Worker in a lift attaches steel beams to the existing library structure.

Related Posts

A construction crane feeds concrete into constructed footing molds.

New footings are poured.

February 19, 2026 read more

The stuffed expansion mascot Parker the Highland Cow oversees the completed footings.

Footings are completed.

February 23, 2026 read more

Steel girders are guided off of flatbed truck using a crane.

Steel is delivered and erected.

March 3, 2026 read more

Wide-angle photo of the south construction. The new steel construction is almost complete.

Steel frame work nears completion.

March 10, 2026 read more

2026 Highland Park Public Library • 494 Laurel Ave • Highland Park, Illinois • 847-432-0216 • hplibrary.org