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1 Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation

2 Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation Architectural Salvage Warehouse Detroit of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation historic preservation community enhancement Job training and employment landfill diversion retail sales we are about... 4-word name

3 DEMOLITION yellow-metal “ yellow-metal way” “crush & bury” crush all parts and dump it in the land-fill DE-CONSTRUCTION reverse construction by hand one “layer” at a time (last added, first removed) “Harvest” re-usable materials sell at retail can achieve 85% “diversion” from land-fill 75% of “diverted” materials can be re-used can yield owner sizable tax-deduction definition of terms: demolition de-construction

4 building slated for take-down de-construction “Harvested” building materials re-sale yardretail sales Recycle materials donations consignment “skimming” re-usable materials “harvested” by others

5 The crew gets trained in the use of equipment.

6 There are tricks to lifting floorboards,

7 and wrapping them …..

8 Classes of students observe the process ….. Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe

9 ….. as the house gets emptier

10 and “de-nailed” Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe

11 Lumber is sorted by size, Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe

12 and stacked for shipment. Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe

13 Even scrap-wood gets re-cycled,

14 and the metal parts get separated,

15 even the nails. (around 250 pounds)


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