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In the first light of day the Acropolis of Tikal is vacant of all but the ghosts of the past. A symphony of bird calls fill the air.
This image is from a 35 year old 35mm Kodak slide shot from a Yashica ELECTRO 35CC, scanned by an HP Scanjet G4050 and restored by multiple Photoshop operations.
History
Restoration House was originally two medieval buildings (1454 and 1502–22) with a space between.
They were joined together in 1640-1660 (tree ring data from roof) by inserting a third building between the two, to create a larger house.
The first owner of the completed house was Henry Clerke, a lawyer and Rochester MP. Clerke caused further works in 1670, the refacing of the entrance facade, the Great Staircase and other internal works.
The house was then bought by William Bockenham. It was owned by Stephen T. Aveling in the late 19th century, and he wrote a history of the house which was published in Vol. 15 of "Archaeologia Cantiana".
The house was purchased for £270,000[7] by the English entertainer Rod Hull, in 1986, to save it from being turned into a car park; and he then spent another £500,000 restoring it.
It was taken by the Receiver in 1994 to cover an unpaid tax bill.
The current owners over the past decade have uncovered decoration schemes from the mid 17th century, which reveal the fashionable taste of the period, much influenced by the fashions on the continent.
Charles Dickens
According to the biographer John Forster, the novelist Charles Dickens, who lived nearby, used Restoration House as a model for Miss Havisham's Satis House in Great Expectations; the name "Satis House" belongs to the house where Rochester MP, Sir Richard Watts, entertained Queen Elizabeth I - it is now the administrative office of King's School, Rochester.
Wanjira Mathai, Co-Chair of the Global Restoration Council and Chairperson of the Green Belt Movement.
My Great Uncle donated money to some newly build structure in China where the tiled walls will be constructed entirely out of photos. As a donor, my uncle gets to choose an ancestor to remember & he chose his parents (my great grandparents).
What he asked me to do was crop out everyone else, move the couple closer together, and create a solid background. I hope black is okay since I saw a sample of the tiles & they were white :(
UPDATE: 12.14.2007:
Well.... apparently it's "too dark", so I have to redo it with a white background.
UPDATE #2 - 12.19.2007:
So what they have done was print the photo with their own printer. OF COURSE it's not going to look great if you print it yourself with some low-end equipment! My mom called me today to let me know that I don't have to redo it since they printed it elsewhere - :😌:
"After" picture - after restoration/refreshing.
Near-original condition 1955 Eichler, purchased from original owner.
www.eichlerific.blogspot.com/ Our journey of preserving a 1955 Eichler Home in South Land Park Hills + telling the current state & past history of mid-century modern in Sacramento.
Students are restoring a barn built between 1710 and 1750 with preservation carpentry skills.
To deal with the variable sizes and shapes of hewn and sawn timbers, the two main historical layout methods used were: scribe carpentry and square rule carpentry. Scribing was used throughout Europe, especially from the 12th century to the 19th century, and was brought to North America where it was common into the early 19th century. In a scribe frame, each timber will only fit in one place, so each timber has to be numbered. Square rule carpentry was developed in New England in the 18th century and features housed joints in main timbers to allow for interchangeable braces and girts.
Prairie restoration using controlled burning of the prairie grass at the Little Calumet River Prairie Nature Preserve by the IUN Science department.
On September 20, 2017, Edna Lockwood's existing topsides were lifted by crane to sit atop her new hull so shipwrights can begin to marry the two pieces and continue her historic restoration.
Actually it was still a good visit despite this scaffolding,.. there were many other parts of the castle not covered like this.