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A SKYLINE RESTORATION PUBLICATION
Kate Allen, President of Allen Architectural Metals, discusses how she and her team preserve, repair, or replicate historic metal and how they determine which course of action to take.
ISSUE #50 FALL 2024
By Michael Kramer
Midwest Territory Manager
Gladding, McBean
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