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Remodeling Columbine High School
A lot of work had to be done to repair the damages done to Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. It was a massive effort on the parts of many people and they successfully renovated the building so it could be opened that fall for the return of the Columbine students.
The library was completely removed, and a new one was built to one side of the main building, on the grassy knoll near the west entrance. The new building was dedicated to the victims of the attack.
The cafeteria (positioned directly below the erstwhile old library) was remodeled and the area that had been the library was knocked out and transformed into a bright atrium. Several other areas were redone as well - hallways, classrooms... a lot of the school looked completely different when students returned to campus -- which was the intention.
You can also view the outside during the shootings, the aftermath, the damages to the school, and stills from the surveillance cameras in the cafeteria.
Some images have been resized for quicker loading and can be clicked on to view the full-sized image.
Brian Rohrbough and Sue Petrone, parents of victim Daniel Rohrbough, participate in a campaign to repair and remodel the school.
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The athletics department office of the school is under repairs. You can see a bullethole still scarring the right side of the window frame.
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The blood-soaked carpet of the stairs was ripped up to replace the whole floor with tile.
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The stairs, finished.
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The Arizona Wildcats visit the restored school.
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Upstairs hallway, floor removed for retiling.
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The tiled, finished hall.
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The science room where Coach Sanders died has been completely gutted.
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One of several security cameras that monitor the repaired school.
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Columbine mosaic in the entryway floor.
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Principal Frank DeAngelis stands in the newly remodeled hallway.
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The remodelling of the cafeteria is underway.
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ABOVE: Pictures of the new 2-story atrium that houses the remodelled cafeteria. The old library was removed to make way for the atrium. The ceiling is a mural of the Colorado forest canopy of aspens and evergreens, painted by North Carolina artist Virginia Wright-Frierson. The mural is actually 20 different paintings, consisting of four large central canvasses and 16 other paintings that float on "clouds" suspended from the ceiling. The Atrium was designed by architect J.D. Nelson of Davis Partnership and built by an outstanding team of contractors led by Turner Construction. The Art Conservation Center at the University of Denver installed the mural.
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Students fill the redesigned cafeteria once more, just as they did before the bombs went off April '99.
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> Pictures of the new Hope Columbine Memorial Library <
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