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Boilerhouse

To keep it short, the building we live in was sold and the new owner is removing the residential portion of the building, we therefore cannot renew the lease and will have to move out by next Sept. There is a small amount of construction going on in the building currently, and Hannah and I recently explored the open first floor. This used to be a factory where they make pillows. Anyways our heating situation is pretty crappy right now so we found the boiler room. I mean THE BOILERHOUSE…

more after the cut…

there’s like a billion pipes going everywhere, and the space is really huge actually, probably 25′ ceilings, oh yeah the ceiling is shiny sheetmetal. We were in there sometime in the mid morning, there was really amazing light at the time, there are two huge south facing windows and a skylight.

we also walked around an empty first floor which was pretty cool. apparently it’s full of asbestos

2 Comments

Garret says:

November 27, 2008 at 10:04 pm

your place just gets better and better

its too bad you have to move.
lawrence says:

December 4, 2008 at 2:45 pm

move into the boilerhouse, just build a big tank that looks like it should be there and move in, that way you’ll save on heating.
also I heard asbestos insulates quite well. also grats on the white house project(s) to you and the team, looks great.

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AN UPWARD LOOK

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Salt of the earth each stellar pinch

flung in blind defiance backwards
now takes its toll Up from his quieted

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Better late than never I guess, apologies this took so long to put up.

An Upward Look was our (Jefferson, Laura, Hannah, and myself) entry to the Chicago Hole Competition “MINE THE GAP” which won an honorable mention. The content consisted of the two boards above, you can click them to enlarge if you want to see some of the detail, or at least as much as a online image can offer. I hope you enjoy.