Originally over at sixth and g street. This is the third time the building has been moved. In 1969, the building was taken off of its foundation. They took off some of the first floor. They made it easier for us to move down to the museum site. They have lifted it up on some steel beams. They put wheels underneath the steel beams. They used a Remote Control system to roll it down the street very slowly. It will take it a few hours to get it one block down. Why is it being moved . The first time the building moved was for progress downtown. The metro headquarters was getting built. Metro displaced this little building and moved it to the new site here. The Jewish Historical Society has done a number of weddings thebar mitzvahs in synagogue, but it is not used as a traditional synagogue, it is more for special events. Until this last year, we were doing programming and small exhibitions out of this building. Progress in the city we are rebuilding this huge new neighborhood in this area c
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