West End Museum Fast-Tracking Renovations

The West End Museum was already planning to close for a couple of months next year to allow for an extensive renovation, but that timetable and fundraising goals for the project are now being fast-tracked as the museum reels to recover from last month’s flooding.

“It would’ve been a big task either way,” said Sebastian Belfanti, the museum’s director. “We just wanted to do it without the headache.”

A sprinkler check-valve apparently ruptured on the fourth floor of the West End Place condominium-cooperative at 150 Staniford St. on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 15, leading to flooding in nearly 30 units on the building’s…