After devastating fires blazed through the region, residents are holding on to the intricate glazed tiles that survived — small but meaningful remnants of their homes.
Meet the volunteers who are scrambling to save vintage tiles from homes in the Altadena burn zone before the bulldozers ...
She plans to use the aluminum slag from the burned cars in an art project, and a stone Buddha in the garden survived unscathed. And she’s grateful to still have her fireplace tiles.
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LAist on MSN10,000 tiles and counting. Checking in with 'Save The Tiles' volunteers, one month laterThe volunteer group give an update six weeks after they began recovering historic tiles from burned Altadena homes.
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Dwell on MSNThe Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move InIn the Eaton Fire burn zone, fireplaces adorned with Arts and Crafts tiles are among the sole surviving relics of the town’s ...
A branch of Birmingham’s public library is a mile away and a Piggly Wiggly supermarket is five minutes away by car. Downtown, ...
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Newser on MSNIn Altadena, a Race to Save Historic Tile From the RuinsWildfires devastated the city of Altadena, California, and now an unusual—and painstaking—volunteer effort is underway to ...
“At the base of one was this gorgeous Batchelder tile on the fireplace surround ... Considered a leader in the American Arts & Crafts movement, Ernest Batchelder was an artist and teacher ...
A Queen Anne Revival in Harpers Ferry, a condo in an 1840 house in Charleston, and a shingled house in New Bedford.
Set high in the hills above Portland, the home has a stately turret, vibrant interiors, and 200-year-old terra-cotta tile ...
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