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    Posted by: pam kueber • August 12, 2015

    world of tileCan you guess what was previously beyond this fence, where the rubble is now piled?

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    Yes, the World of Tile round showroom.

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    I don’t usually Debbie Downer on this website. But it is what it is.

    Thanks to friend Jonathan O’Hea of American Bloomsbury Antiques — who I met at the big liquidation sale — for sending these photos. Yup, it is what it is.

    See all our historical photos from World of Tile

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    1. linoleummy says

      August 16, 2015 at 1:54 pm

      Aaaawww! Group hug/sob!

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