THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 25, Number 35 Thursday, September 10, 2009 The Greening of Shoreland Hills by Barbara Stodola Blending with the tall trees of Shoreland Hills, the house built by Larry Wood chips blanket the steep dune; the stairway consists of chunks of Zimmer and Ted Perzanowski was designed to harmonize with nature. street pavement salvaged from a vacant lot in Michigan City. On a tree-shaded dune in Shoreland Hills, Larry “It’s been a passion of mine during my thirty-year Zimmer and Ted Perzanowski have built an eco- career, to make a home as environmentally friendly friendly house that defers to the natural beauty of as possible,” says Zimmer. “We used local products, its site. local craftsmen, and recycled materials whenever About forty oaks remain on the property, and a possible. We sent the trees to a sawyer from Har- fi ve-inch mulch of wood chips blankets the ground bert, and a company from Stevensville (Lakeshore – mulch created from the fi fteen trees removed to Stair) did the interior stair treads and fl oor boards.” make way for the house. Chunks of asphalt street On the fi rst fl oor are offi ces for Zimmer, an inte- pavement, hauled away from a vacant lot in Michi- rior designer, and Perzanowski, whose counseling gan City, now form a rustic stairway, climbing up practice is subtitled “Talk To Ted.” the dune – just one of the clever recycling tech- niques used in construction of the house. Greening Continued on Page 2 THE Page 2 September 10, 2009 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles -
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