In the front room at Lyric Hall Antiques and Conservation, a 400-year-old mirror is undergoing surgery. Whole passages of its gilt frame—florid segments that cross the mirror like vines—are missing and have to be carefully recreated, then gilded to match. …
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On Occasion
At its Church Street location near Grove, among so many bustling office buildings, Walker-Loden gets its fair share of lunch-hour browsers.
Perhaps they’re in need of a get-well card. Or a hostess gift for a dinner party that evening. Maybe …
A Hall for All
When it opened a couple of years ago, the legend of Lyric Hall dwelled on the past: how the back end of an old building in Westville had been elegantly renovated back to one of its original purposes, a theater …
Decon Mission
Joe DiRisi is not the easiest guy to photograph. As I followed him through his warehouse full of salvaged materials, trying to snap a portrait, we passed rows of cast iron bathtubs, typewriters, laboratory cabinets, windows, and lumber. Joe simply …
Presents from the Past
It might as well be through the looking glass: an intriguing space stacked with strange, beautiful creations from another world.
Or rather, another time.
This is the English Building Markets, a most unlikely vintage and antiques shop on Chapel Street …
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