Fully adorned in hard hats and safety vests provided by Manhattan Building Company, students from Viaquenti Academy got a behind the scenes look at how a high-rise building comes to life when Louis Mont, Chief Operating Officer of the locally-based developer, toured a class through residential buildings in Jersey City’s SoHo West neighborhood. Pre-school students looked the part of a development professional as they were taken through a completed building and one under construction to show what’s behind the walls of their home and explain the complete process of creating a new neighborhood, from the architecture and design to the construction that results in the finished product. Students were allowed to touch and see various construction materials and learned more about building methods. Viaquenti Academy is located 837 Jersey Avenue in Cast Iron Lofts I, the initial rental building developed by Manhattan Building Company in Jersey City’s SoHo West neighborhood.