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daveh
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Post by daveh on Feb 7, 2011 20:06:40 GMT -5
MIK,
When I saw the title I thought it was your house that was being renovated.
I presumed you needed more room for all those cameras you keep buying!
Dave.
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Doug T.
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Post by Doug T. on Feb 7, 2011 21:33:36 GMT -5
Hi MIK!
Keep a record of their progress, I'd like to see what it looks like when it's done.
Doug
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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 8, 2011 4:32:06 GMT -5
My oldest son, Paul, specializes in the meticulous restoration of old buildings. He has won a number of awards for his restorations. He has worked on properties in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. See "Woodcliffe Properties" www.woodcliffe.ca/#My favourite is The North Toronto Station. I was there in hard hat and safety boots every week for over two years keeping a photographic record of the restoration. Mickey |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 10:46:18 GMT -5
It's wonderful to see them saving beautiful buildings rather than replacing them with sterile glasses boxes.
When we went to Europe on 2007 the hotel we stayed at was a remodeled slaughterhouse that still had a smokestack (non operating) several hundred feet tall. It was beautiful.
W
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Post by photax on Feb 8, 2011 12:12:46 GMT -5
Hi !
I have made some inquiries and found out that this factory, located near the capital of Lower Austria, was founded in 1806 ( so my estimate was wrong ) and was the largest mirror production in old monarchy Austria. A man named Fred Austin ( an Englishman ? ) bought the factory in 1866 and manufactured textile products. Now the two remaining buildings will be rebuilt for a senior`s residence. If I ever come this way again I will take the camera with me.
Mickey, your son has a great job, you must be proud of him, just looked at the website: WOW !
Dave, what a wonderful idea, my collection would fit in the factory hall perfectly ;D.
MIK
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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 9, 2011 6:43:29 GMT -5
MIK,
Factories are more often than not quite ugly buildings.
This one seems to have broken the rules and been an elegant structure.
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Paul does not have a job. It is almost an obsession. He loves what he does.
Mickey
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