THE TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL WAS TO BE DEMOLISHED, AND THE SURROUNDING LANDS COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED....
RAY MINERVINI, THE COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE BLDG 50 (WHICH INCLUDED MYSELF) GOT INVOLVED. BY SOME MIRACLE.. I
PERSONALLY CAME UP WITH THE LAST LINE OF LEGAL LANGUAGE THAT SAVED THIS BUILDING IN LITERALLY IT'S 11TH HR, - 45 MINS.
AND COUNTING... SAVING IT. AND THE 300 ACRES OF PROPERTY NOW HELD IN TRUST FOR PERPETUITY BY THE CITIZENS OF GRAND
TRAVERSE COUNTY. RAY, MAM CONTRACTING, AND THE MINERVINI GROUP HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING IT INTO A MIXED USE
WALKABLE COMMUNITY SINCE 2000. MY CREW OF 8 WORKERS PERFORMED THE INITIAL WOODWORK RESTORATION, AND PAINTING
OF THE RESTORED 12 INCH THICK BRICK AND PLASTER WALLS TO ESTABLISH THE BUDGET FOR THE IMMENSE PROJECT.
- IT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN ANOTHER 5 TO 10 YRS. PLEASE VISIT : WWW.THEVILLAGETC.COM
RAY MINERVINI, THE COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE BLDG 50 (WHICH INCLUDED MYSELF) GOT INVOLVED. BY SOME MIRACLE.. I
PERSONALLY CAME UP WITH THE LAST LINE OF LEGAL LANGUAGE THAT SAVED THIS BUILDING IN LITERALLY IT'S 11TH HR, - 45 MINS.
AND COUNTING... SAVING IT. AND THE 300 ACRES OF PROPERTY NOW HELD IN TRUST FOR PERPETUITY BY THE CITIZENS OF GRAND
TRAVERSE COUNTY. RAY, MAM CONTRACTING, AND THE MINERVINI GROUP HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING IT INTO A MIXED USE
WALKABLE COMMUNITY SINCE 2000. MY CREW OF 8 WORKERS PERFORMED THE INITIAL WOODWORK RESTORATION, AND PAINTING
OF THE RESTORED 12 INCH THICK BRICK AND PLASTER WALLS TO ESTABLISH THE BUDGET FOR THE IMMENSE PROJECT.
- IT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN ANOTHER 5 TO 10 YRS. PLEASE VISIT : WWW.THEVILLAGETC.COM
I WISH I HAD BEFORE PICTURES OF THIS FROM THE FIRST TIME, OR SECOND TIME THAT I FINISHED PAVLOVA DAY SPA/SALON..
THE ORIGINAL WAS A 1800'S THEME WITH ANTIQUE WHITE COLUMNS AND CORNICE (1993), THEN WE WOOD GRAINED IT ALL
LIKE RED MAHOGANY(2000). WHAT YOU SEE HERE (2005) IS AFTER I REMOVED THE WALL SEPARATING THE MAIN SPACES,
THEN I DESIGNED A FLYING LIGHTED SOFFIT TO SPLASH LIGHT ABOVE AND BELOW. I ALSO DESIGNED AND BUILT THE LIGHTED
DISPLAY CABINETS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT AND FAR - RIGHT AS WELL AS SOME THAT ARE SUSPENDED BETWEEN TWO
COLUMNS IN THE REAR SPACE WHICH SHOOT LIGHT UP ONTO THE CEILING AS WELL AS DOWN ONTO THE CHERRY FLOOR.
THE ORIGINAL WAS A 1800'S THEME WITH ANTIQUE WHITE COLUMNS AND CORNICE (1993), THEN WE WOOD GRAINED IT ALL
LIKE RED MAHOGANY(2000). WHAT YOU SEE HERE (2005) IS AFTER I REMOVED THE WALL SEPARATING THE MAIN SPACES,
THEN I DESIGNED A FLYING LIGHTED SOFFIT TO SPLASH LIGHT ABOVE AND BELOW. I ALSO DESIGNED AND BUILT THE LIGHTED
DISPLAY CABINETS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT AND FAR - RIGHT AS WELL AS SOME THAT ARE SUSPENDED BETWEEN TWO
COLUMNS IN THE REAR SPACE WHICH SHOOT LIGHT UP ONTO THE CEILING AS WELL AS DOWN ONTO THE CHERRY FLOOR.
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