Czech Republic workaway journal
Your correspondent and his spouse spent about 2-1/2 weeks in the Czech Republic mostly doing a longer and a shorter “workaways” (work for room and board). And obligatory sightseeing!
Category: BUILDINGS
Building a cob house
Artist Cara Gravers gives workshops on how to build a cob house, a type of natural house made from clay, sand and straw.
1903 Chestnut Hill stone building demolished for townhouse development
Experienced operating engineer demolishes historic but not historically registered stone building as part of controversial plan to replace it with 8 four story townhouses in Chestnut Hill neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia
Anecdotes brighten tour of Rosebach rare book Museum and Library
Guide Charlie Karl gives anecdote filled tour of the Rosenbach rare book Museum and LIbrary on Delancey Place in downtown Philadelphia.
New construction will shadow historic Chestnut Hill Baptist Church cemetery
A neighbor reflects on the historic Chestnut Hill Baptist Church cemetery, an open space for the neighborhood, which is about to be overshadowed by 5 story condominium complex.
Finds from a collapsed dairy barn
Chey Bouson helps her friends rescue stuff from a collapsed dairy barn to sell at their eclectic farm stand
SEPTA bus and aerial bucket lift collide; “no major injuries”
“No major injuries” reported when part of an aerial bucket lift and a SEPTA passenger bus collide on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill.
Going solar with car and house
A Wyndmoor, PA man with an electric car and solar panel house sees savings selling excess electricity back to the grid at high rates and charging his car overnight at low rates
We build a mudhif
Iraqi refugees, U.S. Iraqi war vets, nature and peace lovers combine forces to build a mudhif, a traditional community gathering place and guest house of the swamp Arabs of Iraq.
Rainfall increases, basement waterproofing jobs too!
As heavy rainfalls increase, so does demand for construction projects to keep water out of basements