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This week new wall paneling was put up in the kitchen. We used Acrovyn 3000 wall protection in 'ocean gray' which is a light gray-green color. These panels are PVC-free, which means they do not contain a dangerous plastic that is detrimental to our health and environment. Acrovyn 3000 is also LEED Silver Certified, recyclable, and class 1 fire rated.

I received a revised schedule from our contractor this week; we are waiting for our very special light fixtures for our dining room. They help us achieve a 35% energy reduction in our lighting use. (they better, they cost enough!) Anyway, we are looking forward to construction completion the latter part of July.

We've completed another milestone in our LEED certification process. We've provided all clarification requests made by the review team concerning our design submission. 25 of our 38 credits we're attempting for a LEED Gold rating are related to building design.

Check out our new video of Crane Day. All of our air units were delivered at the end of May and put on the Logan Square Kitchen rooftop with a giant crane. Watch the video here.

I gave tours to a few different friends yesterday; one was kind enough to snap a shot of me outside the Kitchen. I'm holding a fabric sample of our future theater curtain that will hang in the dining room. I'm so happy to be showing the space to friends that mean so much to me; it's a little overwhelming that after two years, our doors are close to opening!

Our new kitchen floor was poured last week. The charcoal color is really beautiful with a navy hue to it. The non-slip floor, derived from castor beans, is from a company called Dur-a-flex.

I think this is a beautiful photo. Our team was preparing the kitchen for its new floor. The floor that is poured over our concrete slab will harden with a pebbled surface. It's made from rapidly renewable materials like castor beans. Can't wait to see the finished floor in a couple of days.

Logan Square Kitchen is starting to look like real a kitchen these days. The enormous 9 and 16 foot hoods were hung in the kitchen last week.