tagged with: before/after
August 29, 2010
Before and after on M Street
Threatened with demolition 5 years ago, 2311 M Street has been renovated and is for sale:
Newly renovated, the 1910 home has two bedrooms, two and a-half bathrooms and new HVAC and utilities. The residence is 1,560 square feet and historic attributes such as floors, mantels, and railings have been restored.
August 27, 2010
Recognize?
Let’s play a game: do you know where these 2 houses, seen above circa the early 1990s, are located?
June 2, 2010
Broad Street renovation (1989)
Helen Young has posted part one and part two chronicling the 1989 renovation of 2702 East Broad Street:
My husband bought the house in 1988 before we were engaged. And so when we became affianced and it was apparent that we were going to live in this house, I figured out we had to completely gut this thing. Here’s why…
June 1, 2010
Before and after on Marshall Street
The Church Hill Association’s May 2010 Newsletter (PDF) has a nice piece on the restoration of the former laundromat at Marshall and 27th Streets:
Currently under renovation, this neglected old structure is being transformed into three upscale apartments and a small walk-up retail space for the neighborhood. [...] Kellman is a firm believer that a vibrant neighborhood has amenities for its residents such as coffee shops and small, walk up neighborhood retail combined with unique living spaces. His goal is to give new life to historic structures that still have good bones, often saving them from certain ruin.
March 2, 2010
Before and after on Marshall Street
It was just about a year ago that this then-crooked and raggedy house was much appreciated. In a neat turn of events, it has been straightened and almost completely restored in that time…
October 7, 2009
Rehab on 28th Street featured on Restorer Guy
One of the great projects from the Better Housing Coalition will be on tv this weekend:
Tune in to The Learning Channel on October 10, 11:00 a.m. to learn about BHC’s procedure for upgrading a home with green technologies while rehabilitating it to historic standards. BHC’s rehab at 1201 N. 28th Street in Church Hill, part of the Beckstoffer’s revitalization intiative, will be the focus of this week’s episode of Restorer Guy, hosted by Gable Painter.
September 3, 2009
The Church Hill North Historic District
July 29, 2009
Back to Cedar Street…
The new version of 2116 Cedar Street is coming along nicely; the other new construction down the block seems to have stalled.
