A "Tower Party" is planned for Monday at 8 a.m. to celebrate the completion of a $1.8 million seismic retrofit on the Cathedral of the Madeleine, which is expected to be finished by Christmas.
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The party will be on the outside on the top of the towers. Cathedral staff, the contractor, construction workers and project supporters will be present to release balloons from the towers and the giant crane.Work on the retrofit began in September and involved the installation of a new earthquake-resistant front wall, a new steel deck between the ceiling and the roof and massive steel braces in the towers.