Over the winter my good friends Jeff & Nancy moved to a new loft right near South Station. Part of the deal they got was that they had to renovate a lot of it and put in a good amount of sweat equity. So when Jeff called me up and asked me to come out and give him a hand building a 20′ x 20′ roof deck around a skylight about 6 – 7 stories up, I said ‘Sure, why not!’
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Denver is great and I truly am loving it out there, but I do miss Boston a bit, so this was the perfect opportunity to get back and catch up with some old friends and get to use my hands and build something again. Win / Win if you ask me 😉
The decking is a hard Brazilian wood called Ipe. The vibrant, deep red tones really make a gorgeous deck and turns the drab roof space that was there before into a place you’re thinking about kicking back and relaxing for a bit after a long day at work.
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This last shot is the view from their roof deck towards the Chinatown Gate with Mars glowing above…….twilight.
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Can’t wait to get back for the first BBQ! See you again soon!