In February 2009, Columbia College Chicago began work on the Media Production Center, the first new-construction building in the college’s history. When it opens in the spring of 2010, the MPC will provide classrooms, soundstages, a motion-capture studio, and production space for interdisciplinary learning in film, television, interactive arts and media, and other disciplines. Photographer Tom Nowak has been documenting the building’s progress. These photographs were taken from a nearby rooftop looking south toward the construction site at the corner of 16th and State Street. For more information on the MPC, visit columbiasmoment.org.