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More O'Rourke's progress

They're moving right along with the reconstruction of O'Rourke's. I stopped over there today to take some more pictures of the progress. The interior ceiling looks super; I think it will be much nicer than the old ceiling. The new ceiling follows the contours of the roof much better than the old one did. The glass block corner looks nice, they maintained the trademark Mountain View "cow catcher" corner, and the fire-damaged stainless steel along the eaves has been replaced with an exact copy of the original. The sign is no longer on the pole; it's probably out being restored, since Brian indicated that it would be. I'm looking forward to further progress!

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