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 an office in the basement |  before in 2004 the Bargain Boxthis exisitng retail front covered one of our greatest prizes....the original leaded glass transome that went all across the front.....almost perfectly preserved.....see the next photo |  after 2008, remodeled frontabove the butt-edge glass storefront is the existing leaded glass transom....coolie huh? yeah buh....shizzle. |  prior to 2004 original store front |  new store front 2008 and beyond |
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 Main Street before 2004downtown was hurting back then..... |  Main Street after 2008 |  Close up front after 2008this shows the storefront before the City took down the Center Theater, to the left. |  Back of building before 2004 |  Back of Merit Building after 2008 |
 Back of Merit Building before 2004 |  Backof Merit Building after 2008 |  Merit Bldg street level before 2004 |  Merit Bldg street level after 2008 |  2nd floor before 2004 |
 2nd floor after 2008 |  2nd floor new stairs dn to Main St. |  1 of the 3 studios on the 2nd floor |  the back studio space prior to 2004those windows were retrofited in the original large windows were bricked up and these dinky things were the windows....one of the first things we kew needed to go....not to mention the good-ole-boy structural action holding up the roof.... |  Old stairs in the back prior to 2004we did away with these stairs, replacing them @ a different angle for the sake of downstairs as well as up here..... |
 Back studio space after 2008we used the glass sliding doors from the building next door, which were stored in the basement, as windows looking into the stairhall.... |  Front basement stairs prior to 2004 |  Front basement stairs after 2008original octagonal tile floor was discovered after construction began |  New basement space after 2008the concrete footings come out from the wall about 20"....not sure what they were...but we left them exposed....added a 2" conc. counter top.... |  back basement prior to 2004that wooden beam and the brick piers still show in the remodeled space, running the entire length of the building-front to back..... |
 upper level basement prior to 2004it was like a glorified crawlspace, thin 1" concrete.....it is that level we went down about 20"-24", as low as the bottom of the existing wall footings......poured 4" slab.....re-hab code allowed the 7'-6" finish ceiling height. |  New basement upper level 2008looking out toward the back entry....had to have day-light down there pouring in....basements...can be dark and drearie..... |  one of the offices in basement 2008the original walls show with their nitty-gritty contrasting the new walls, which are clean and smooth....frozen history baby.....coolie. |  back part of basement prior 2004it was dark and drearie....not the place you want to hang out....we dug down about 24" in this area....couldn't go any lower... |  Back of basement after 2008one of the original brick piers, holding up the beam you can see @ the top of the picture, to the right. |
 looking out back after 2008 |  another office after 2008the HVAC pipes add testosterone to the office....guys like it....HOOAH stuff. |
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