As you can tell from the 'before' shots, we knew there had to be windows at the back of the rather cave like cafe space. There are beautiful large iron doors on the rear of the building that we couldn't get open from the outside. Assuming they must be either rusted shut or locked from the inside, but with 6 inches of wallboard and insulation between us and the latch, we decided to start digging. At the closing we asked the previous owner about the possibility of there being glass in the frames, they said definitely NOT, so our expectations were pretty low. Little did they know what we would find!! There are 4 full double hung windows with intact glass and counter weights in the frame. Not the cleanest, but nothing a bottle of windex can't handle. So now we suddenly have cross ventilation which makes our life much more pleasant during the construction phase of the project and in the future we will have light and air in the kitchen area. The last few photos are of Barry and Allen freeing the windows from their confines.
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