Even from 35 feet below ground, on the floor of the CVC's Great Hall, visitors will be able to see the Capitol Dome in full view.

The faux marble painting is complete on the decorative columns and plaster elements in the Virtual Senate Theater in the CVC Exhibition Hall.

This photo taken on Friday, May 7, 2007 from the top of the Jefferson Building dome shows the exterior features of the CVC.

A mason installs a decorative piece of sandstone near the ceiling of the third floor within the East Front of the Capitol.

Workers secure drywall to the ceiling grid inside one of the CVC's two gift shops.

Inside the CVC Exhibition Hall, a painter applies a faux marble finish to columns inside the Virtual House Theater.

In the CVC Exhibition Hall, a painter applies a faux marble finish to ornamental molding in the Virtual Senate Theater.

A welder secures two pieces of metal railing for a spiral staircase in the Senate Expansion Space.

Workers install 12-foot-high bronze doors at the CVC's north entrance zone.

Workers level off newly placed concrete for the north pedestrian ramp.

Millwork installation is progressing on both levels in the Congressional Auditorium.

A curving upper level wall at the front of the Congressional Auditorium houses the bulk of the theater's robust speaker system.

Workers install a thick glass panel to a steel support structure on the south side of the East Front Carriageway.

In the CVC Exhibition Hall, a worker installs a pre-fabricated plaster panel to a wall inside the Virtual Senate Theater.

A worker installs a glass fixture to a newly installed lamppost on the East Front Plaza.

In the CVC Exhibition Hall, plaster columns and ceiling details are nearly complete in the Virtual House Theater.

A mason continues setting stone in one of two CVC gift shops.

The CVC entrance zones are now being cleared and graded to make way for final sidewalk work, landscaping, installation of lampposts and other restoration activities, which will occur into the summer.

Stone walls and stone steps, decorative light fixtures and bronze hand railings ornament this transition zone between the CVC entrance lobby and the Congressional Auditorium.

Wood doors have been installed at the top of the North and South Orientation Theaters.

Masons install a sandstone column in the CVC Gift Shop.

Aerial photo of the CVC project site as it appeared Wednesday, March 14, 2007.

Masons are nearly complete with stonework at the face of the CVC entrance zone.

Masons set floor stone in a lobby at the base of the transition zone (center of photo) between the CVC and the Capitol.

Bronze railings, millwork, and stone work are complete in the North Orientation Theater.

A gravel bed has been placed along the north entrance ramp in preparation for the placement of an aggregate concrete sidewalk.

Masons set floor stone in one of the CVC's two gift shops, which are located on the visitor out-flow corridors on the upper level.

Workers set a glass floor panel on a steel grid inside the CVC Exhibition Hall.  The panels will be illuminated from below, providing a soft glow around the central Wall of Aspirations.

Masons install new sandstone that now flanks the original 1824 sandstone inside the East Front Extension of the Capitol.

A spiral staircase winds down through all three floors of the Senate Expansion Space.  The House Expansion Space features a similar staircase.

In the CVC's Food Service Area, a carpenter installs cabinetry components.

A mason guides a large block of granite into position near the CVC's south side entrance zone.

A worker uses a forklift to position an escalator truss into place within the East Front transition zone between the Capitol and the CVC.

A mason aligns a block of sandstone to a wall inside the East Front of the Capitol.

A worker vacuums newly laid carpeting in one of the Food Service seating areas.

Near a stair leading to the Great Hall, workers measure connections points for a bronze railing.

Stone masons set Tennessee Valley marble in a basket-weave pattern in an atrium space near the Congressional Auditorium.

A worker installs a seat cushion for a chair inside the North Orientation Theater.

With the aid of an electronic suction machine, workers set a 500-pound glass floor panel to a steel support grid in the CVC's Exhibition Hall.

Workers install carpet in the North Orientation Theater.

A stone mason sets a block of gray granite to the retaining wall along the CVC's north entrance ramp.

Below the marble "Wall of Aspirations" in the Exhibition Hall, a steel framework is ready to receive thick glass floor panels, which will be illuminated from below.

Inside the North Orientation Theater, carpet installers lay padding for carpeting on the uppermost seat tier.

A stone mason lays tile in the Food Service servery area.

Workers assemble some of the steel support structure for one of two glass walls that will enclose the central carriageway below the East Front Center Steps.

At the eastern end of the CVC project site, workers place concrete for a curving retaining wall that will be lined with granite stone.

Workers install a bronze railing to a staircase in the Great Hall.