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| | | Posts: 10678 | Location: North Groton, NH | Registered: 21 April 2005 |
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| Why don't I live there? 1. Because I am a farmboy from a part of Missouri that is very much like Arkansas. 2. This list could go on and on.
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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
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| | | Posts: 25850 | Location: Still living at 9000 feet in the High Rockies of Colorado | Registered: 20 April 2005 |
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| I’m surprised that they decided to take on the project and found the money for it. Glad they did! I’m also surprised that they could do such fine restoration work. Art Nouveau is nor an easy style to work with.
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Life is short. Play with your dog.
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| A true marvel, and a marvel that it has survived. Big Al
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Money seems to buy the most happiness when you give it away.
Why does everything have to be so complicated, all in the name of convenience. -ShiroKuro
A lifetime of experience will change a person. If it doesn't, then you're already dead inside. -MarkJ
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| I noted that they said there were carpets on the walls of the piano room. I suspect these were hung there for acoustics, not so much for decor.
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| Oh my - the photos before restoration - so beautiful in their barely there state. Wow.
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| quote: Originally posted by Steve Miller:
I’m surprised that they decided to take on the project and found the money for it. Glad they did!
I’m also surprised that they could do such fine restoration work. Art Nouveau is nor an easy style to work with.
Yes, the restoration was run and funded by a consortium of municipalities centered around Agde. Mankind is fortunate to have people willing to put in the effort and money to preserve the best of our history. |
| | | Posts: 10678 | Location: North Groton, NH | Registered: 21 April 2005 |
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