The opening is months away.
If you haven't driven past the new Haverford Area YMCA construction site lately you might be surprised how the outside of the building is starting to change. Over the past weeks more and more of the huge glass panes that are a major design feature of the new structure have been installed. The new "Y" is scheduled to open in October. Now that it's starting to take shape, what do you think of the new building's design and look?
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New YMCA's opening is now months, instead of years away.
If you haven't driven past the new Haverford Area YMCA construction site lately you might be surprised how the outside of the building is starting to change. In the past week more and more of the huge glass panes that are a major design feature of the new structure have been installed. The new "Y" is scheduled to open in October. Now that it's starting to take shape, what do you think of the new building's design and look?
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Do you like what you're seeing as the construction continues?
When you drive down Eagle Road, you cab't help but notice the giant construction site which has been evolving over the last year. Now that some of the design of the outside of the building is visibl, what do you think of what you're seeing? What do you think of the construction? Share your thoughts in the comments area. Previous Stories
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9:19 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
FIX THE DAMN ROAD. Improve eagle rd: widen it, improve drainage, fix the traffic lights that cause backups and do not put a traffic light at hill crest. The Y is a mistake, and only has cost the township money without any return. more ›
With just over eight months until the scheduled grand opening, construction crews are working fast at the new YMCA.
Haverford 4th Ward Commissioner Dan Siegel posted the following update on construction of the new Haverford YMCA on his website. Construction of the new Haverford Area YMCA on Eagle Road (at the old Bubble Gum Factory site) is in full swing. According to YMCA officials, the following is the status as of February 2013:
The two YMCAs will move into a new $22.5 million, 75,000 square foot facility next fall.
The Main Line YMCA, located off Montgomery Avenue in Ardmore near Suburban Square, will merge with the Haverford Area YMCA when construction on the new building is completed in fall 2013, according to a YMCA press release issued Monday. The Haverford Y will be located at 891 North Eagle Road in Haverford, about 3.5 miles from the Main Line Y. (See some construction photos here.) The project is estimated at $22.5 million. The Ardmore YMCA building will be sold. The decision to merge the two fitness centers "involved a careful analysis to determine how to best serve YMCA members and the local community," according to the press release. "The YMCA has determined that the long-term interests of the Y and its constituents are best served by a …
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3:12 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Oh and wonderful, we'll have all the folks from Armore's YMCA coming here to Havertown, this project only gets worse, we should put a factory or industry in the, get this, "industrial center", what a novel idea! more ›
The event will take place at the site of the YMCA, on 891 N. Eagle Rd., Havertown, at 10 a.m., Tuesday.
Hundreds are expected to gather at the new YMCA site in Havertown Tuesday morning to witness the ground-breaking ceremony. In a YMCA press release sent to the Haverford-Havertown Patch, many will come out to the official kick-off construction of the first YMCA in Haverford Township. The event will take place at the site of the YMCA, on 891 N. Eagle Rd., Havertown, at 10 a.m., Tuesday. Some of the officials expected to attend will be President and CEO of the YMCA of Philadelphia and vicinity John Flynn, 9th Ward Commissioner Bill Wechsler, James McGarrity, 7th Ward commissioner, and Carl Everett, board chair of the Haverford Area YMCA. “Youth from Lynnewood Elementary, Sacred Heart School and Haverford High School will provide entertainment…
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6:43 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
We are very excited to have one in havertown area,hopefully they will give the first preference to the local tax payer for job opportunities. They sould put some short of guidence how to apply for the job.Over all great job!!!!!!!!!!!!! more ›
Lucky Captain Rabbit King
9:13 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Well, it's no dilapidated bubble gum factory, but I suppose it will have to do. more ›