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Dates Aired: December 7-13, 1998 | June 7-13, 1999
Bob takes a walking tour of some of Boston's best-preserved antique commercial buildings in the Leather District with architectural historian Brian Pfeiffer, winding up at our gracious brick front on ...
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Dates Aired: December 14-20, 1998 | June 14-20, 1999
Work gets started installing windows in our loft space six stories above Atlantic Avenue, after a peek around the basement to see how the plumbing and heating installations are coming ...
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Dates Aired: December 21-27, 1998 | June 21-27, 1999
The plastering crew is hard at work on stilts, and Bob tries his hand. Next, it's a field trip to Cambridge, where world-renowned landscape architect Martha Schwartz has made a ...
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Dates Aired: December 28-January 3, 1999 | June 28-July 4, 1999
Before heading up to our loft on the sixth floor, Bob gets a progress report on the common areas in the building from developer Neal Gold. In our unit, Ryley ...
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Dates Aired: January 4-10, 1999 | July 5-11, 1999
The entryway and foyer of our Atlantic Avenue building is getting a new paint job and replacement plate glass windows. On the way up to our unit, Bob stops to ...
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Dates Aired: January 11-17, 1999 | July 12-18, 1999
This time the architect really throws Bob a curve! Carpenters David Ives and Brian Dauphinée are taking on the challenge of framing and plastering a 48-foot wall with a carefully ...
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Dates Aired: January 18-24, 1999 | July 19-25, 1999
Bob and plumber Elie Ghazali install some cutting-edge Kohler plumbing fixtures in the bathroom: an electrically powered full-body shower tower, a dual-speed pressurized toilet, and a hand spun turquoise glass ...
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Dates Aired: January 25-31, 1999 | July 26-August 1, 1999
The men of steel are here! Stainless steel countertops get welded together on site for the restaurant style kitchen. Bob tours the fabrication shop in Weymouth, Massachusetts where they were ...
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Dates Aired: February 1-7, 1999 | August 2-8, 1999
Ryley is on site at the loft to help David Ives put together a bookshelf nook, and Brian Dauphinee gives Bob some pointers on installing precision drywall and plastering in ...
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Dates Aired: February 8-14, 1999 | August 9-15, 1999
The electricians are getting started on the lighting at the Loft project; Bob takes a look at how track lighting gets put together. Lighting designer Markus Earley gives Bob a ...
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Dates Aired: February 15-21, 1999 | August 16-22, 1999
Architect Greg Rochlin is back on site to oversee the fabrication of the hallway closet system?a multicolored design pieced together in Formica© laminate. Lighting designer Markus Earley returns with some ...
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Dates Aired: February 22-28, 1999 | August 23-29, 1999
Bob adds the finishing touches to the loft's restaurant style kitchen as he and Ryley put together the wire shelving system and install the stainless steel range hood. We take ...
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Dates Aired: March 1-7, 1999 | August 30-September 5, 1999
Bob gives a grand tour of the finished loft conversion on Atlantic Avenue with designer Lisa Shire, starting with the graciously restored facade and common areas, and winding up in ...
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