In the News
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Front-page article in the Sunday Homes section of the Star Tribune by Lynn Underwood, May 15, 2011. Describes a Northern Minnesota lake cabin by architect Dale Mulfinger built with Old Globe reclaimed wood. Read it here as a pdf: page 1, continuation.
WDIO-TV
Samantha Mehrotra, anchor of WDIO-TV's Good Morning Northland, interviews Old Globe owner Judy Peres on April 13, 2011. Peres explains why taking on the deconstruction of the Globe Elevator made her a winner of the 2010 Beautiful Minds contest.
Chicago magazine
Back-page story by Jeff Ruby featured in the March 2010 issue of Chicago magazine. Pokes fun at the choice of a retired big-city journalist to take down the world's biggest grain elevator instead of sunning herself in Florida. Read it here as a pdf or here on the magazine's website.
Cabin Life magazine
Five-page story by Lucie Amundsen featured in the February 2010 issue of Cabin Life magazine. Describes how three different buyers of our wood have made creative use of it. Read it here as a pdf. Reprinted with permission from Cabin Life magazine, www.cabinlife.com.
Nor'Easter
This must-read article written by Patrick Lapinski, is the best article available about the Globe Elevators. Read it here as a pdf. Mr. Lapinski is a Great Lakes photographer and historian. A complete list of his articles may be found here.
American Woodworker
American Woodworker Magazine feature story in April/May 2009 isue. "Second Life for Old Pine," by Glenn Gordon, includes several photos of our project in progress. See also a related story, "The Magic of White Pine," by Tom Caspar, a veritable ode to our mother lode. Read both articles here as a pdf, or on their website.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Feature story by Dennis Lien on September 10, 2009, about our project. Read it here as a pdf: page 1 | page 2 and be sure to visit the St. Paul Pioneer Press website.
KSTP-TV
ABC Eyewitness News video by Jason Davis on August 13, 2009 about our project. You can view the video by clicking here.
SaraScope
Feature story in May-June 2009 issue of SaraScope, a magazine published for members of the Society of American Registered Architects, about Old Globe Reclaimed Wood Company. Read it here as a pdf.
Adventures in Wonderland
Story in the April 2009 issue of Living North Magazine by Lucie Amundsen about how a former journalist from the Chicago Tribune reinvented herself as a purveyor of reclaimed lumber: So What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Read it as a pdf.
Attention: Blacksmiths and Blade Smiths
Architectural Salvage News story in December 2008, about Wisconsin Woodchuck's reclamation of a treasure trove of real wrought iron, as well as a large quantity of antique terra cotta blocks. Read it as a pdf (see page 5).
How Much Wood can a Woodchuck Salvage?
Duluth News Tribune front-age article on May 18, 2008, by Nina Petersen-Perlman on Old Globe's parent company, Wisconsin Woodchuck. Read it here as a pdf.
Globe Elevator Salvage Project Nears Half-Way Mark
Newswire Today press release dated November 11, 2007.
Front-page article in the Sunday Homes section of the Star Tribune by Lynn Underwood, May 15, 2011. Describes a Northern Minnesota lake cabin by architect Dale Mulfinger built with Old Globe reclaimed wood. Read it here as a pdf: page 1, continuation.
WDIO-TV
Samantha Mehrotra, anchor of WDIO-TV's Good Morning Northland, interviews Old Globe owner Judy Peres on April 13, 2011. Peres explains why taking on the deconstruction of the Globe Elevator made her a winner of the 2010 Beautiful Minds contest.
Chicago magazine
Back-page story by Jeff Ruby featured in the March 2010 issue of Chicago magazine. Pokes fun at the choice of a retired big-city journalist to take down the world's biggest grain elevator instead of sunning herself in Florida. Read it here as a pdf or here on the magazine's website.
Cabin Life magazine
Five-page story by Lucie Amundsen featured in the February 2010 issue of Cabin Life magazine. Describes how three different buyers of our wood have made creative use of it. Read it here as a pdf. Reprinted with permission from Cabin Life magazine, www.cabinlife.com.
Nor'Easter
This must-read article written by Patrick Lapinski, is the best article available about the Globe Elevators. Read it here as a pdf. Mr. Lapinski is a Great Lakes photographer and historian. A complete list of his articles may be found here.
American Woodworker
American Woodworker Magazine feature story in April/May 2009 isue. "Second Life for Old Pine," by Glenn Gordon, includes several photos of our project in progress. See also a related story, "The Magic of White Pine," by Tom Caspar, a veritable ode to our mother lode. Read both articles here as a pdf, or on their website.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Feature story by Dennis Lien on September 10, 2009, about our project. Read it here as a pdf: page 1 | page 2 and be sure to visit the St. Paul Pioneer Press website.
KSTP-TV
ABC Eyewitness News video by Jason Davis on August 13, 2009 about our project. You can view the video by clicking here.
SaraScope
Feature story in May-June 2009 issue of SaraScope, a magazine published for members of the Society of American Registered Architects, about Old Globe Reclaimed Wood Company. Read it here as a pdf.
Adventures in Wonderland
Story in the April 2009 issue of Living North Magazine by Lucie Amundsen about how a former journalist from the Chicago Tribune reinvented herself as a purveyor of reclaimed lumber: So What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Read it as a pdf.
Attention: Blacksmiths and Blade Smiths
Architectural Salvage News story in December 2008, about Wisconsin Woodchuck's reclamation of a treasure trove of real wrought iron, as well as a large quantity of antique terra cotta blocks. Read it as a pdf (see page 5).
How Much Wood can a Woodchuck Salvage?
Duluth News Tribune front-age article on May 18, 2008, by Nina Petersen-Perlman on Old Globe's parent company, Wisconsin Woodchuck. Read it here as a pdf.
Globe Elevator Salvage Project Nears Half-Way Mark
Newswire Today press release dated November 11, 2007.
