Lights on, designing our space

The building now has temporary lighting installed! Since our first visit in December, we have been crawling through in the dark with only a few meager flashlights to help us identify the attributes of the building. Even in the dark it was obvious we had stumbled across something extraordinary. Seeing it in the light is fantastic. It is a beautiful wreck!

In mid-May, Guild members were invited to tour 664 in the light. Those who saw it for the first time were excited by its potential. A large group stayed to participate in laying out the floor plan. Greg Gillies from MacFadyen Design Build came, as did Richard Morrison, a highly respected architect and friend of the London Potters Guild. We benefited greatly from their knowledge and advice. By the end of the day, we had come up with a draft floor plan that includes some ideas heretofore unimagined. We walked away very excited!

Now, we anxiously anticipate MacFayden’s formal drawings of the space. We will soon have some life-like, three dimensional illustrations to show and use as we move forward in our fundraising efforts.

We also had a front page story on the London Free Press and an online video. See the London Free Press Video of the building London Free Press Video: Potters Guild Moving to Old East

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We are excited about being able to see the building without flashlights.	We are studying old photo of the building to make decisions about restoration of the facade and storefront. Our building is the one with the peaked roof, shown in 1912.
Our new temporary lighting shows how different the building looks already.

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