In the past two posts we looked at the Tanner building in Athens, Georgia. We left looking up at the side of the building. The photo below is not the same one you saw before. This one shows two windows, not just one, but more importantly I want you to notice the modern appearing lamp in the angled wall.

Let’s level the camera and take a look. The lamp tells you that this is indeed the same building. Here we have a friendly nook, a table with seats, all very contemporary looking.

In 1996 the University of Georgia acquired the property and a couple of years later the building was rehabilitated for academic use. The historic outside was lovingly preserved.

Our featured window for today is the charming window protected by a sun with steel rays.

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Last week we looked at the windows of an old building in Athens, Georgia. We did not pay much attention to what was around the windows. Let’s take a closer look and also look at either side.

Below is the view of the left side. We can make out most of the text. In faint white: TANNER LUMBER. Under the top windows: PLYWOOD – LOCKS – HINGES – HARDBOARD. On the sides of the arched windows at the main floor: CEILING – FLOORING – SIDING – AQUELLA Water Proofing.

Below is the view we saw in the last post. Not all of the text is legible, but what I can make out says: TANNER LUMBER CO — LIME – BRICK MILLWORK – ROLL Roofing – ASPHALT Shingles – OILS – PAINTS — SCREEN WIRE – DOORS – [FR]AMES – WINDOWS – INSULATION – SHOWER Cabinet[s] – ASBESTOS Siding.

Asbestos siding? This must go back some time. Indeed it does. The building dates from 1909. It operated as a lumber company until 1995.

Let’s take a look at the right side – our featured window.

The writing is easier to make out: TANNER LUMBER CO. – BUILDING MATERIALS INC. — GLASS CUT TO SIZE. Glass cut to size – how fitting for a blog about windows.

This was the home of the Tanner Lumber Company from 1947 until 1995.

There is a bit more to this story. Are you wondering why we look up in this photo and not show all of the side? I will tell you the rest in the next post.

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It was on a cold and blustery winter day that we visited Athens, Georgia, some eight years ago. Walking around town we saw all kinds of buildings with a variety of windows.

Here is an old structure that seems to have seen better days. It still advertises its wares – including windows.

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In the prior post I teased about the windows hidden behind the glass brick wall in the featured photo. Well, to tell the truth, this week’s windows were hidden even deeper.

Here is what the photos looked like in the archive.

As you can see, the photos are sadly underexposed. When glancing through the images there was nothing here to catch the eye, just bad photography. I was careless and let the bright blue sky confuse the camera. Something I am well aware of and normally avoid, but this was more than eight years ago.

Any post-processing photo editor can dig the detail out of these shadows, but that also makes the noise very dominant. Currently a number of companies are vying for the top slot in noise reduction. I still find the offering from Topaz Labs to do a very effective job. Let me show you.

You may see the window on the right in last week’s photo.

You can also see why I titled this “windows making a statement”. The shabby, deteriorating brick facade is clearly intentional. The fake palm trees tell you that.

I wondered how that building looks today. Running over to Athens didn’t fit into my schedule, so I decided to look and see how it might appear in Google Street View. My camera does not have GPS, so the images don’t contain location information. I like to recommend taking a photo with a smartphone to log the place information. Of course, I didn’t do that. However, the context of the other photos from that day pretty much told me that this was on Clayton Street. Here is how it shows in Google Maps. Not much has changed …

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