Word: lofting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Hallensleben's richly impastoed paintings guide us through the deserted rooms, evoking the dripping of a kitchen faucet, the buckling and crackling of frost on the windows, the ruffling of a cat shaking snowflakes from its fur, even the silence of a bird sitting on its nest in the loft. At length the patter of rain heralds spring, and soon children's shouts and the clump of feet on the back stairs start another season. At the same time a secondary theme blossoms. Not only does the house return to life, but also a new cycle of nature begins. Again...
Until 20 years ago, Vancouver's Main Street - an artery running from Chinatown toward South Vancouver - marked the boundary between the city's smarter West Side and the rough-and-ready section known as East Van. How times have changed. Successive waves of artists, media types and other loft dwellers kicked off a gradual process of gentrification; the day young families started infiltrating its neighborhoods, East Van's journey to respectability was complete. One knock-on effect of this has been the tidying up of Main Street itself. Cafés and galleries have mushroomed there; so have boutiques - particularly...
...Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The center's new $11.3 million home is located in Newcastle's once-derelict Ouseburn Valley, a warehouse neighborhood of artists' studios and galleries. Built in a seven-story Victorian mill, the rejuvenated building's top floor features a gigantic, child-friendly loft, intended for performances, storytelling and book signings. The Engine Room, a light, airy room on the ground floor, offers space for everything from finger painting to exhibit-related games. Messages written by children in 1978 are contained in the Puffin Time Capsule, which has been buried in the hallway...
...center's new $11.3 million home is located in Newcastle's once-derelict Ouseburn Valley, a warehouse neighborhood of artists' studios and galleries. Built in a seven-story Victorian mill, the rejuvenated building's top floor features a gigantic, child-friendly loft, intended for performances, storytelling and book signings. The Engine Room, a light, airy room on the ground floor, offers space for everything from finger painting to exhibit-related games. Messages written by children in 1978 are contained in the Puffin Time Capsule, which has been buried in the hallway; the letters will be opened by children...
Until 20 years ago, Vancouver's Main Street?an artery running from Chinatown toward South Vancouver?marked the boundary between the city's smarter West Side and the rough-and-ready section known as East Van. How times have changed. Successive waves of artists, media types and other loft dwellers kicked off a gradual process of gentrification; the day young families started infiltrating its neighborhoods, East Van's journey to respectability was complete. One knock-on effect of this has been the tidying up of Main Street itself. Caf?s and galleries have mushroomed there; so have boutiques?particularly around 21st...