Monthly Archives: February 2011

Revolving Television Design

When I bought The Counts Bros. Building it contained two freight elevators that were no longer functional. Actually, they might have been functional but I wasn’t brave enough to try them out. The first picture below shows the lifting platform, … Continue reading

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Original Wavy Glass

The National Park Service, which oversees the Historic Renovation Tax Credit process, wants us to keep as many of the original windows as possible.  The downside is that they are not very energy efficient, and don’t open.  The upside is … Continue reading

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Knocking out walls

Appleseed knocked out the parts of the rear wall that will form the garage doors. Apparently this is dangerous and can collapse the building so I went to Chicago that day. You can see from the picture below where they … Continue reading

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Historic Storefront Pictures

I went to the library archives hoping to figure out which furniture company used the “Furniture Co.” sign that I found in the coal chute. There were only two pictures available and neither shows that particular sign, so it remains … Continue reading

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I’ve Made a Horrible Mistake

When I found this, I posted that it was the old Standard Furniture sign. With some help from Standard’s current owner, I realize now that I read the property records wrongly and that I was actually reading adjacent properties. After … Continue reading

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Better Storage Framing Pictures

I had neither good light nor a good camera on hand when I first took pictures of the self-storage framing. These pictures are better. If you look closely you can see Melton lurking in the shadows. He and Roxane claimed … Continue reading

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Residence Framing Complete

 

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