![The Rotunda is closed to the public during remodeling. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, December 2, 2014 With just over one month before the start of the 2015 legislative session, Legislators, protesters, lobbyists and school children will find a vastly different State Capitol with no access to the Rotunda and very limited access to the rest of the building.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/YKV7ZFED6CMWXY7QCMSNFVJZ5U.jpg?&w=1080)
The Rotunda is closed to the public during remodeling.
![Steps on the spiral staircase are covered in protective wood and are not open to the public. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, December 2, 2014 With just over one month before the start of the 2015 legislative session, Legislators, protesters, lobbyists and school children will find a vastly different State Capitol with no access to the Rotunda and very limited access to the rest of the building.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/LNYGIIHW3BZTNNJENMV4PSRQ5E.jpg?&w=1080)
Steps on the spiral staircase are covered in protective wood and are not open to the public.
![Decades of heavy paint are being sandblasted from huge blocks that form the Capitol foundation. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, December 2, 2014 With just over one month before the start of the 2015 legislative session, Legislators, protesters, lobbyists and school children will find a vastly different State Capitol with no access to the Rotunda and very limited access to the rest of the building.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/TAUJH6ZM2OFYIAEO3XFXOTIVLA.jpg?&w=1080)
Decades of heavy paint are being sandblasted from huge blocks that form the Capitol foundation.
![New heating and air conditioning pipes are to be buried in the basement. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, December 2, 2014 With just over one month before the start of the 2015 legislative session, Legislators, protesters, lobbyists and school children will find a vastly different State Capitol with no access to the Rotunda and very limited access to the rest of the building.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/3AUEMOIWNDYND3T5RXE2MAN46Y.jpg?&w=1080)
New heating and air conditioning pipes are to be buried in the basement.
![Windows from the front of the Capitol have been removed and replaced with plywood. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, December 2, 2014 With just over one month before the start of the 2015 legislative session, Legislators, protesters, lobbyists and school children will find a vastly different State Capitol with no access to the Rotunda and very limited access to the rest of the building.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/FY6E3LWN32MHS2WMQK4D7JEP5I.jpg?&w=1080)
Windows from the front of the Capitol have been removed and replaced with plywood.
![The controversial Senate Office Building is well underway across University Avenue from the State Capitol. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, December 2, 2014 With just over one month before the start of the 2015 legislative session, Legislators, protesters, lobbyists and school children will find a vastly different State Capitol with no access to the Rotunda and very limited access to the rest of the building.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/IBYRJC4I2PIB33GDA6GMTPBKTY.jpg?&w=1080)
The controversial Senate Office Building is well underway across University Avenue from the State Capitol.
