The demolition of Tacoma's Scottish Rite Temple/ Bible Presbyterian Church about which I posted here and here, is complete and as I drive by the space once occupied by the building, there's just a fenced hole in the ground. The heavy equipment is gone and the site will soon be busy with construction. For a few weeks, I stopped by every day after school to see the progress.
This feels a little like watching the garden shutting down for the winter. (Although, we know that winter is a busy time for plant life but most of that activity is happening underground.)
Kitty corner from the site is this beautiful older apartment building and a new 175 unit apartment building nearing completion.
I was very tempted to "accidentally" push through the fence to rescue this fragment of the building facade.
Second Use Building Materials has some of the salvaged bits from the building including a couple of really interesting masonic pieces and beautiful tongue and groove flooring. Someone also rescued some incredible old growth huge beams. Being in the mood to look at salvaged materials, I stopped by Earthwise Salvage the other day.
For me there's a wistful feeling looking at these fragments that were for many years part of lives, loves, events. Pieces of places called home.
I'm totally in love with this sink but am not sure where it would fit in my garden. There is an upstairs bathroom in our house that needs to be rescued from a 1970's remodel & this might work there.
This feels a little like watching the garden shutting down for the winter. (Although, we know that winter is a busy time for plant life but most of that activity is happening underground.)
Kitty corner from the site is this beautiful older apartment building and a new 175 unit apartment building nearing completion.
What songs were played, what joys and pains expressed and shared at this keyboard?
I was very tempted to "accidentally" push through the fence to rescue this fragment of the building facade.
The heart of the building?
Even this rubble is now gone.
Death makes way for rebirth in our gardens and in our communities.
These fragments were carefully set aside.
Second Use Building Materials has some of the salvaged bits from the building including a couple of really interesting masonic pieces and beautiful tongue and groove flooring. Someone also rescued some incredible old growth huge beams. Being in the mood to look at salvaged materials, I stopped by Earthwise Salvage the other day.
For me there's a wistful feeling looking at these fragments that were for many years part of lives, loves, events. Pieces of places called home.
I'm totally in love with this sink but am not sure where it would fit in my garden. There is an upstairs bathroom in our house that needs to be rescued from a 1970's remodel & this might work there.
Fabulous in a huge loft apartment as a functional room divider...
Those light fixtures on the top shelf back there would be interesting planters.
What would Loree do? Really big saucer planters?
Sometimes, it's best to let go of the past.
Have a good weekend all!