How excited are you at the idea of re-entering 53 Marlborough Street? We certainly are!Our renovation is reaching its final stages and we wanted to give you a sneak peek of some things that are going on. Have you strolled by 53 Marlborough recently, staring longingly at the empty brownstone? Maybe you spotted major digging… Continue reading January Renovation Update
The pile drivers at the French Cultural Center had finally hit bottom. Literally. Forty-three feet below ground – through a man-made mixture of sand, gravel and rubble, under an ancient riverbed of silt, seashells and peat, and into a seam of stiff, blue-gray marine clay – the massive metal rods the men were corkscrewing into… Continue reading Renovation Update #2: Things are beginning to look up!
Chers amis, Imagine having to empty an enormous house in which you and your family have lived for generations. What surprises might you find in abandoned closets, the attic, dusty storage boxes and other nooks and crannies? That strange and exciting experience is precisely what the staff of the French Cultural Center faced when, after… Continue reading Renovation Update #1: A la découverte du temps perdu !
When the crisis hit last March, we moved all classes and cultural events online. We intended to reopen the Center this month. With the pandemic’s endpoint nowhere in sight, however, we have decided to take bold action.
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