“The building is a structural marvel on the outside, but it needed a lot of repair work inside,” explained 605’s co- founder and director of photography and cinematography John Snyder . Alana continued, “Phase one was the upstairs apartments, and phase two was the lower level, which would be our office and creative studio.” The couple demolished the entire interior, including the ceiling and the walls, removing the floor to plane
down the sub-floor and straighten it. “When we bought the building there were four rooms upstairs, but when we started pulling the wall paneling off, we found six extra doors between rooms and from the hallway, so at some point there were 10 rooms up there,” shared John. After the full demolition of multiple layers of plaster, wood, drywall, and wallpaper, they brought it all the way down to the brick-and-mortar.
“That also needed to be repaired,” laughed John. Next was disassembling the banister, stairs, and refinishing all of the floors. In fact, the units all feature the original hardwood floors the couple salvaged and patched up using the extra wood from the hallway. The interior doors and transom windows are also originals that have been repaired and refinished.
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