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Article: Pitchfork rehab job: slow-going
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- June 15, 2008
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On a recent morning, Steve DeSilvio was standing on scaffolding
at the Pitchfork Records building, grinding out loose mortar,
replacing broken bricks and adding new mortar. DeSilvio, who owns
Sherwood Masonry, said he planned to fix up the side of the
building, then refurbish the front.
He sounded hopeful that the masonry could be done in three weeks
and that the work to be done by other contractors - replacing
windows, adding metal to the storefront and installing a new sign -
could be complete this summer. But days later, DeSilvio was gone.
Building owner Evangelos Lillios said he had asked DeSilvio to
cut protruding nails off the front of the building. "He wouldn't do
it. It was too ...