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The Parliament Welcome Centre pit pictured during a Nov. 14 media tour of the construction site. The current ramp being used to access the site can be seen to the right, with shoring installed on either side of the Peace Tower that will act as a barrier between that site and future excavations under Centre Block. The base of one of three tower cranes that will be installed for construction of the underground Parliament Welcome Centre.
Owl carvings flank the top of the fireplace in the House Speaker’s dining room, one of roughly 50 high heritage spaces in Centre Block. During the media tour, a photograph of the original look of the House Speaker's dining room, left, and an artist's rendering of its planned end state post-renovations were on display. A close-up of the original painted finish on the walls of the House Speaker’s dining room, which have been covered over since the 1960s.
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