{"id":794,"date":"2020-03-18T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-3-11-135-142.eu-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com\/?p=794"},"modified":"2022-06-27T09:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:17:28","slug":"elementor-794","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/?p=794","title":{"rendered":"New York Public Library Renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"794\" class=\"elementor elementor-794\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89be408 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89be408\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-316a99b\" data-id=\"316a99b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6e341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2b6e341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/?page_id=631\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e272fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e272fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12541b6\" data-id=\"12541b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36175f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c36175f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>New York Public Library Restoration<\/h1><p>Jan 10th 2012<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-796 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NYPL-facade-before-above-and-after-below-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Public Library Before &amp; After Restoration<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The main building of the New York Public Library was completed in 1911, and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>in preparation for the centennial celebrations it underwent a 3 year restoration project to clean and restore the deteriorating\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">facade.<\/span><\/p><p>The Vermont marble of the entire facade was cleaned using 200 gallons of <strong>Vulpex Liquid Soap<\/strong> with scrub brushes, hot water and steam. 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