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	Beer Can House
hitchhiker08
5-22-2008 11:10 AM
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beer, house, design, architecture, cans
hitchhiker08 says:
Shucks, I should have saved 'em cans & bottles over the years, hic!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aa0e3512-2d19-4796-9736-b26728a98e19/1AC9D72C-A432-4442-91DD-278F5B0BA972/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.beercanhouse.org/" href="http://www.beercanhouse.org/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.beercanhouse.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/"><DIV id="logo"><A href="http://www.beercanhouse.org/"><IMG alt="" src="http://www.beercanhouse.org/images/logo_bw.gif" /></A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/"><P class="info">John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad,
    started his project now known as the Beer Can House in 1968.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/9E900B9B-CDA0-42DC-9B14-140490ABF857" alt="John in front Beer Can House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/"><P>
    The Beer Can House is now open for visitors <STRONG>Saturdays & Sundays</STRONG>.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/"><P>The Beer Can House restoration has been a project of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php" href="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.beercanhouse.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php"><H1>About The Beer Can House</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/67CAA8FF-5581-46A0-8151-BE0E650997EB" alt="John and Mary infront of Beer Can House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php">John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad,
    started his project now known as the Beer Can House in 1968 when he began
    inlaying thousands of marbles, rocks, and metal pieces into concrete and
    redwood to form unique landscaping features. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php">he "got sick of mowing the grass",</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/about.php">"Whatever's on special".</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_301.php" href="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_301.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.beercanhouse.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_301.php"><P>View of front of house at twilight. (Photo by J. Smallwood.) </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_301.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/75BAB5C7-4713-4626-87F8-5FBC43969BC7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_302.php" href="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_302.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.beercanhouse.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_302.php"><P>View of the house from the street. (Photo by Kuchta.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/photo_low_302.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/FFDC041D-DA7B-4423-B73D-4379521641FA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php" href="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.beercanhouse.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php">
The handmade beauty of the Beer Can House surprises many first time visitors.
  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><H1>Gallery</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><H2>1968-1988</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/38163D75-B981-4A1A-9A5B-9EC107483290" alt="Thumbnail: Detail of marbles embeded in wooden fence" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/06DD3183-2A2D-4DA7-A092-6A619B1143BD" alt="Thumbnail: View of front of house before the applicaiton of beer cans" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/5E1F4D22-4176-4405-8020-F6E9DBDFCD3F" alt="Thumbnail: Mary standing on doorstep before the use of beer cans" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/81E62CFE-B6EA-4571-A4DA-10E21FB6E126" alt="Thumbnail: Paving decoration in front of house" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/E45D80EB-ECE4-465A-AAD0-38F53E2CE847" alt="Thumbnail: John posing with crew of Southern Pacific Railroad" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/6F95C6A4-7469-42C2-A227-E441A068FC7A" alt="Thumbnail: Detail of sign" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/E28D7E57-AD0E-4B21-B1C0-1134EEA3F4C6" alt="Thumbnail: Detail of wall using special Falstaff Bicentennial Cans" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/C7ED74A3-D758-436E-8E9E-9F73A32FF1CF" alt="Thumbnail: View of south fence near driveway" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php">1989-2001</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/6D02D401-D3B4-4AF6-AD6E-20FD98DEDE05" alt="Thumbnail: Mary near driveway in front of house" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/18BE5AC2-0186-44A8-BCD6-898C6FE2FB31" alt="Thumbnail: detail of beer can curtain" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/44D6D195-67C9-4F5F-9239-A633C48E077E" alt="Thumbnail: detail of glass bottle fence" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beercanhouse.org/img/DC876A52-70D6-4322-ADF0-280ADB42E53A" alt="Thumbnail: View of front of house" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php">2001-2007</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php"><H2>AIR Houston 2007</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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