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Handmade in New York (17)

Slice of Life at the Glass Studio

This is a great cross section view of the glass studio where heavy machinery is constantly buzzing about. From this perspective you can see the hot...

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Laying the Drain

Across the huge expanse of the future Niche Modern glass studio floor we've been strategically laying a floor drain. Proper drainage is imperative...

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Painting the Hot Shop

The lift has been in use almost non-stop as the guys begin painting the enormously high ceilings of the future Niche Modern glass studio. There is a...

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Prepping the Cold Shop

Jeff's crew is almost done prepping for the concrete floors to be poured but now that golf season is officially here Jeff is getting harder and...

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One Step Closer

The steel mesh arrived last week. Beside reinforcing the concrete, these are used to hold the tubes for the radiant heat system which we're laying...

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Industrial Legacies - Remnants of the Tallix Bronze Foundry

We found this sketch hanging on the wall when we first walked through the building in 2007. I'm not sure how old it is or who made it. What I am sure...

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There Is A Light and It Never Goes Out

Ahh that ever elusive light at the end of the tunnel! We are far from the end but there are moments when I can feel the momentum of all these...

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April Showers - Deep Cleanse!

The crew has been power washing 100 years of grit, dust and history off the ceilings and beams of the future Niche Modern glass studio. It's a huge...

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View from the Mezzanine

On the ground, Hal's crew preps for the cutting and digging of the trenches but high up above the billowing sheets of plastic another crew is...

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Back in the Trenches

Here at Niche Modern we're literally climbing into the trenches each day as we make major progress on the new glass studio. Today the crew made some...

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