old/true
In our new space we've tried where possible to preserve/reuse any of building's wood and materials. The 4'+ wide door previously on the entrance was rotted/damaged and we were disappointed to find out that we were going to have to replace it with an ugly standard 3' door or a new & expensive large one.
Fortunately,our building's owner also happened to own the building next door. At some point in the renovation process a 75-year-old 4' door was discovered in the basement and offered to us. We had it restored and it was just installed yesterday.
I love it.
There's something almost... archival about the buildout process when you try to find, secure, and reuse materials and artifacts. Couple the imagined stories of each smaller piece with the much larger narrative of a street & neighborhood revitalized and it quickly becomes emotional.
"The past finding new life" seems cliche, but not false. Maybe it's more accurate to state that the past is not being ejected from the present, and something about that seems right.
Well, it's certainly the more cost-effective thing to do.
chattanooga development | By Josiah Roe | 04:00 AM
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I know what you mean. One time I found this cheeto in the couch cushions. It was stale but I felt eating it was a good use of resources.
Posted by: holton at March 31, 2008 09:38 PM
also fyi, i think that map that is on your blog is eating up too much bandwith or some other techy term. Everytime I come to this blog it crashes my browser and it started about the time you put the map on... just an fyi
Posted by: holton at April 1, 2008 09:00 AM
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