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The dry-stone wall builder: “Each meter of wall contains a ton of stone. You really feel it after a…
This week's living national treasure is Anthony Gorman, a man who has spent his life building beautiful walls by hand across Northumbria. He spoke to Tessa Waugh; portraits…
Historic stone wall on Hôtel-Dieu site demolished without permission, city says
The City of Montreal is asking the Center hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) to rebuild - at its expense - part of a 157-year-old historic wall that was demolished without authorization last fall. The…
Women learn strength and patience in all female stone wall building classes – Baltimore Sun
The sound of light rain mingled with the sound of rocks scraping and crashing together.A group of women moved about, some kneeling and repositioning stones, others working to find smaller rocks to help lay the larger ones.The women were…
Council caught between the stone wall and the anvil
Rodney Brown called on city council in a deputation on Monday to preserve the "rubble" stone heritage of the High Street retaining wall.
THUNDER BAY - A movement to save a crumbling rock wall is taking place behind a prominent…
Traditional technique of dry stone wall construction declared cultural heritage
Croatia protects the traditional technique of building dry stone walls as a cultural heritage.After a period of preventive protection of three years, the traditional construction technique of dry stone walls (suhozid) received permanent…
There is an art to building a stone wall
By Tim Goodwin - November 15, 2016 |
Nate Vance, left, and Matt Persechino of Contoocook Stone Works add stones to a wall they built on Hopkinton Road. Check out this stone wall built by Matt Persechino…
Stone Wall Builder to Address Garden Club – Knox County Villagesoup
The Rockport Garden Club welcomes Matt Carter, owner of Green Island Stonework in Topsham, as its November speaker.
The meeting is set for Thursday, November 3 at 1 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House. It's free for the public.
Carter…
Disney builds stone wall at lake where alligator killed boy – CBS Miami
Newly installed signs warn of alligators and snakes on a closed section of the beach after the death of a 2-year-old boy who was killed by an alligator near a Walt Disney World hotel on June 18, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Spencer…
The magnificent, swirling beauty of a flowing stone wall
Naomi Zettl and Andreas KunertRock faces are more than just piles of stones. Each is a twisted work of art. Inspired by nature, these walls are both natural and unnatural. And, of course, very pretty.…
No deal to fix New Deal-era stone wall
MOSCOW — Plans to preserve a piece of history in Lackawanna County have failed. PennDOT officials say repairing a stone wall will cost too much...
MOSCOW — Plans to preserve a piece of history in Lackawanna County have…
The dazzling ingenuity of the dry stone wall
LONDON - It started with the runaway cows. When photographer Mariana Cook and her family returned home to Martha's Vineyard one afternoon, they found more than 50 cows grazing on their lawn. Part of the drystone wall that separated their…