Results tagged “recycling” from Green Mesh

High above the top hats and formal attire, recycled denim is hard at work as a sound cushion in this vast enclosed courtyard at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The ceiling is packed with recycled denim to help pad the bouncing sound from all the stone surfaces.

The four-member Susquehanna Travellers from York County perform Sunday night at the Lincoln 2.0 Inaugural Ball at the Smithsonian American Art Museum -- the same building where Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration was held.

Nolt's Excavating, of Lancaster County, has begun slowly dismantling the 146-year-old Felton Mill on Main Street in Felton, Pennsylvania. The project should take one month.

Josh Nolt said that "there is alot of value in the wood that's here, and material, and we are going to save as much as possible rather than sending to the salvage yard or put it to waste"

The borough, which has owned the building since 2001, was forced to vacate the former grist mill three years ago when officials learned the historic landmark was structurally unsound.

The Holiday Art Tree is back in town at the intersection of Philadelphia and Beaver Streets in York. This year's theme is winter sports. Donated articles will be cleaned and given to charity when the tree comes down.

The tree brings awareness to recycling and tends to evolve over the holiday season as people take and leave items.

In previous years, the tree hosted junk dredged from the Codorus Creek and recycled Christmas gifts.

As local artist Pat Sells says it's mostly to "make people smile".