colebirdsmommy

Thank you so much for sharing those pics!!!  The house and grounds were beautiful.  I can't even imagine what it would look like today if someone had been able to restore and preserve it...

 

 

 

Exactly, people are unrealistic wanting everything saved when there is no money available for anything any more. It almost would have to be an independent company or group to raise that kind of money. OR one of DuBois's many millionaires. ha ha The Brewery would have taken multi millions to bring back out of disrepair. The whole foundation of the entire brewery was rotted away.

I agree that many times it would cost way too much to repair and fix up these old buildings.  But I am angry that people let them get that way to begin with.  These buildings were a part of our towns history and should be honored for that... the fact that the bewery got to be in such a state is a shame.  Something should have been done a long time ago.  We should learn from those cases and start to preserve the buildings we have now and not let our town look like a ghost town where it seems like no one cares about it!

Does anyone recognize what block of W Washington Ave that is? It looks pretty level and most of Washington is hilly. I don't recognize most of the houses, but they are still probably there. I'm thinking the 700 or 800 block maybe. The picture says Washington Ave looking West so maybe it was taken on East Washington Ave but the shot was West, that would make more sense because of the houses in the pictures.

I am wondering if it isn't the Highland St. side, because I live over on the other end of town and if you look west, all you see are hills going up and this shows one going down.

Thanks, I will have to try that one also, when I get the time...

I was also wondering... anyone have a "recipe" for dishwashing liquid... for those of us who don't have a dishwasher and have to scrub by hand....

 

I like that one better (no offense to the other one).

Or we could mix the two and call it Clean & Green From Scratch... just a thought

I know I am a bit late on this topic, but I really think that this is a good idea... making your own detergents and such... I really like the idea about a forum just for "green" ideas!!  Thank you so much for the information, I am going to try it as soon as I get the ingredients and also pass on the "recipe" to other family members.  Keep the info coming!