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Historic Restorations: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Beyond the Garden Gate: A peek at the gardens of a 100 years ago. Were tulips, daffodils, azaleas, bluebells, spring lillies, and cosmos the blossoming colors that heralded spring 100 years ago as they typically do in today's gardens? Ere asters, sage, sunflowers, mums, crocus, witch hazel, fall lillies, and sedum as much a fall favorite for the gardens of 100 years ago as they are for today's gardens? Nterior spaces of four of the homes will also be open for the tour. Cost of ad...
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Historic Restorations: November 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Your House is a Money Pit. Your house is a money pit, you know it, I know it and there is no way to get around the fact. So what do you do, when you discover that your largest single investment requires you to constantly tend to it with your time and money. A little paint, some caulk and a prayer? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Get all our blog posts by email! Louis Nizer, American Lawyer (1902-1994). Lancaster’s Row Homes. Pure Energy - Blog. Promote Your Page Too.
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Historic Restorations: Woot Woot! PA now has a Historic Tax Credit!
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012. PA now has a Historic Tax Credit! Exciting news just in.from Preservation Pennsylvania. Historic Tax Credit Established in Pennsylvania. On Saturday, June 30, Pennsylvania became the 30th state in the country to have a state historic tax credit when Governor Tom Corbett signed the FY 2013 Commonwealth Budget and established the Historic Preservation Incentive Act. Efforts to establish this credit in Pennsylvania began in 1996 under the leadership of former State Representative Tom ...
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Historic Restorations: June 2010
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Seven Ways to Ruin an Older Building. This list was taken from the Directory of Preservation Resources complied by the Historical Architectural Review Board in the Borough of Columbia, PA. Encouraging regular maintenance (true preservation) rather than quick-fixes that will fail in a short amount of time this list highlights seven common "repairs" or "upgrades" that do more harm than good. 6 Hiring contractors without the necessary skills or experience working on old buildings....
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Historic Restorations: May 2010
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010. May is Preservation Month. May is preservation month the theme of this year is, "Old is the New Green! With most people looking for ways to minimize their impact on the environment in their corner of the world it is important to not do anything to a historic building that will damage the historic fabric of the structure. An interesting article in this section is #54 "Installing Green Roofs on Historic Buildings" - as long as the foliage is not visible from the street scape installi...
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Historic Restorations: February 2012
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Thursday, February 16, 2012. Healthy Buildings, Healthy Humans, Healthy Histories. On Tuesday A. Tamasin Sterner from Pure Energy Coach. Spoke on the topic of indoor air quality at the monthly breakfast meeting for the Central Pennsylvania Preservation Society. Balancing the air that goes out with fresh air coming in to achieve a neutral pressure field. Energy expert Tamasin Sterner shares her knowledge of Indoor Air Quality. Did you know that recessed lights placed near an air return can make you sick?
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Historic Restorations: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. How does it become "history" so fast? One of the most rewarding things about historic restoration and preservation is constantly learning about new things and new places. Last week, we learned that we have a National Postal Museum in a former Post Office building in Washington D.C. The National Postal Museum is a Smithsonian museum in Washinton, D.C. Residing in the old Post Office building next to Union Square. Monday, March 12, 2012. Compromising on the Right Things. Achieving e...
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Historic Restorations: April 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. Entries and porches: A little timber goes a long way. Building a flat-ceilings timber-frame porch is also fairly easy (see photo). The porch is built with a series of posts, girts and braces that support a simple stick-frame roof, which in turn ties the timber frame to the house. Sprucing up the ceiling with a floor system. Opening a space with trusses. Incidentally, for whatever type of project that we’re working on, we have drawings sealed by a registered engineer because ...
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Historic Restorations: November 2009
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Thursday, November 19, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Get all our blog posts by email! A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and brain is a craftsman; But a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.". Louis Nizer, American Lawyer (1902-1994). Lancaster’s Row Homes. It's hard to beat Lancaster's row homes. Brick beauties line streets throughout the city. They are architectural windows into our past. Most in Lancaster w.
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Historic Restorations: We've Moved!
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Monday, July 9, 2012. We haven't been posting as frequently in the last two months for a very good reason. We were busy designing a whole new home for our blog. Please come and visit us (no house-warming gift needed! And check out our new digs at at:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Get all our blog posts by email! A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and brain is a craftsman; But a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.".
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