Building Excitement
Phase II of the Athletic and Fitness Center
This article appeared as a web extra for The Grinnell Magazine, Fall 2009.
Photos by Jim Heemstra
The beauty of a late summer Iowa day provides a backdrop for the continuing construction on Phase II of Grinnell's Athletic and Fitness Center, north of 10th Avenue.
The trail around the soccer fields provides an excellent vantage point to view the construction.
Prairie flowers bloom with wild abandon along the railroad tracks on the east side of the construction project.
Grinnell’s natatorium will reflect the latest technology and design, as well as the highest standards of environmental responsibility and efficiency.
Sparks fly as welders do their work.
The finished facility will offer the College and the community a place to compete, train, and pursue recreational athletic activities.
A blue Iowa sky offers a dramatic backdrop to the beams of the fieldhouse.
A construction crane towers over campus.
A welder is intent on his work.
Beams form a geometric design against a brilliant blue backdrop.
Beams foreshadow Grinnell’s new state-of-the-art fieldhouse, which will feature a six-lane 200-meter track with an eight-lane straightaway.