Tag: Restoration and Renovation

Before ‘S-Town’ Made Him Famous, Clock Lovers Knew Him Well

John B. McLemore, a profanely outspoken, brilliant and troubled restorer of antique clocks, emerged a national figure in 2017 with the podcast “S-Town.” As a horologist — a repairer of devices that measure time — he restored intricate and rare pieces in a workshop at his family homestead in rural western Alabama. But that was […]

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Baltimore Shipping Channel Will Partially Reopen By End of April

A shipping channel in the Baltimore harbor that has remained blocked since last week’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge will be partially reopened by the end of April, with full traffic expected to be restored by late May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. The announcement comes on the eve of […]

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Renovating a Second Home in Newfoundland Without Road Access

When Cailey Heaps wants to get away from it all, one place comes to mind: the island of Newfoundland in Canada. Although she spends most of the year in Toronto, where she runs the real estate brokerage Heaps Estrin and raises her three children — 17-year-old Mimi and 13-year-old twins Declan and Pippa — the […]

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Centuries of Irish Archives Destroyed in Civil War Are Being Recreated

In the first pitched battle of the civil war that shaped a newly independent Ireland, seven centuries of history burned. On June 30, 1922, forces for and against an accommodation with Britain, Ireland’s former colonial ruler, had been fighting for three days around Dublin’s main court complex. The national Public Record Office was part of […]

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