'It's 150 years of politics'
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Tourism Minister Terry French stands in front of the Colonial Building Tuesday where work has already begun on a multimillion-dollar facelift of the historic premises. - Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
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Two extraordinary ceilings at Colonial Building have been restored by plasterers and painters. The ceilings were stabilized and revitalized to protect them from renovations at the historic site. The decorative murals were originally painted in 1880 by
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.jpg "Two extraordinary ceilings at Colonial Building have been restored by plasterers and painters. The ceilings were stabilized and revitalized to protect them from renovations at the historic site. The decorative murals were originally painted in 1880 by")
Two extraordinary ceilings at Colonial Building have been restored by plasterers and painters. The ceilings were stabilized and revitalized to protect them from renovations at the historic site. The decorative murals were originally painted in 1880 by
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.jpg "Two extraordinary ceilings at Colonial Building have been restored by plasterers and painters. The ceilings were stabilized and revitalized to protect them from renovations at the historic site. The decorative murals were originally painted in 1880 by")
Two extraordinary ceilings at Colonial Building have been restored by plasterers and painters. The ceilings were stabilized and revitalized to protect them from renovations at the historic site. The decorative murals were originally painted in 1880 by
Tourism Minister Terry French stands in front of the Colonial Building Tuesday where work has already begun on a multimillion-dollar facelift of the historic premises. - Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
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'It's 150 years of politics'
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'It's 150 years of politics'
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'It's 150 years of politics'
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'It's 150 years of politics'
'It's 150 years of politics'
'It's 150 years of politics'
'It's 150 years of politics'
'It's 150 years of politics'
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'It's 150 years of politics'
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.jpg "The main entranceway staircases. - Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram")
The main entranceway staircases. - Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
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A current photo of the Confederation Building taken from an upstairs window on the Government House side of the century-old structure. - Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
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Tourism Minister Terry French stands in front of the Colonial Building Tuesday where work has already begun on a multimillion-dollar facelift of the historic premises. - Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
'It's 150 years of politics'
It's a couple of hours before the House of Assembly is to sit, and Tourism Minister Terry French - in his political uniform of suit and tie - is climbing around the dusty beams and rafters inside the unfinished attic of the Colonial Building.
Such is French's passion for the restoration project of this province's original seat of government - a classic stone and columned structure on Military Road in St. John's. In recent years, it appears more like an outdoor hangout for skateboarders than a publicly celebrated heritage site.
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