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Extreme Recycling: The Bottle Houses of Prince Edward Island
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Bottle buildings are what Bernard Rudolfsky called Architecture without Architects, where ordinary people build extraordinary things. At Cap-Egmont in Prince Edward Island, where he was a lighthouse-keeper, Edouard Arsenault started collecting bottles in 1979. According to his daughter Rejeanne on the Bottle Houses website:
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Photo Credit: Beth Py-Lieberman.
I don't know how many rickety old wooden ladders I've seen on the curb over the years. Too wobbly to safely stand on, traded in for some slick aluminum model, these wooden stepladders seem destined for the dump.
They may not be sturdy enough for us to stand on, but they're perfect for supporting vining crops in your garden!...
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