Tyler Stapleton

Advocate for Built Heritage and Planning // Carer of an 1882 Heritage Structure // Sailor of the North Atlantic // Downtownie // Proud owner of a Cargo Bike

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

Fire in Paradise. It happened so fast.

@VOCMNEWS
@CBCNL
@NTVNewsNL
@StJohnsTelegram

[Ted Blades @TedBlades]

Please join the @NLHistoricTrust tomorrow night as we celebrate those who are doing their best to preserve the built heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador.

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

I've created an account over on Bluesky.

Follow along if you're a fan of old houses and the like!

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[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

Take a peek into what's been going on in my back yard; and listen to my usual ramblings about heritage, preservation, development, and adaptive reuse...

"You always have to look ahead" - A timeless soft-spoken man

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[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@LukeQuinton @Vote4Russell Could have! I thought it was a little further east but I'm no expert haha

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@Vote4Russell @LukeQuinton I'm not exactly sure when that new west end main line was constructed but probably around the time of construction of the Riverhead Station in 1903 (Railway Coastal Museum)

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@Vote4Russell @LukeQuinton I believe the Old track followed more or less all the way in Empire Avenue, Blackmarsh Road all the way into Mount Pearl. The "new" line heading to the Riverhead station branched off near Blackmarsh & Topsail. Red is Trailway. Yellow is BM Road (Old Track).

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@LukeQuinton Dominion of Newfoundland? 😆

"I say to you! There is in operation at the present time, a conspiracy to sell, and I use the word sell advisedly, this country to the Dominion of Canada!"

- Peter Cashin, May 19 1947

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[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

Built pre-1899 as a stable and used as a cooperage by the Simms family from 1902, only the foundation remains today.

My next task is to rebuild it!

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

There are some interesting happenings on Lazy Bank this summer!

This latest project starts with an archeological survey by Era Nova which has been super interesting.

Thanks to @Patrick__Butler for putting this piece together!

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[NL Historic Trust @NLHistoricTrust]

We'll be at the Markets on Water tomorrow/August 15 from 6-8pm talking Wooden Window restoration and maintenance with heritage carpenter Rex Passion. Come say Hi!

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[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

Curious about what I'm up to when at sea? Check out #EastHarbourHeroes on @DiscoveryCanada tonight! Take a look behind the scenes of the old Sanderling! You might even catch a glimpse of yours truly making a fool of himself 😅

Here's Joel showing off our antique lifeboats...

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@James_Taite @readmyramblings @DarrenMcLean_uk And around here (in Newfoundland and Labrador) it doesn't matter how big the eaves are when the wind is driving the rain horizontally! 😋

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@LukeQuinton I see the Ayre's building still intact. The absence of Atlantic Place in that picture is the biggest place making contributor that I see...

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

At the National War Memorial in St. John's with the Prime Minister in attendance on Canada day, and Union Jack's, not Canadian flags, are being handed out. I love this place. The morning of July 1st will always be for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. Canada Day can come later.

[Edward Erfurt @Edward_Erfurt]

We once built buildings that were intended to last beyond the institutions that built them. We need more of this.

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

My imagination likes to tell me it came off the Southern Cross that sunk with my Great-great grandfather in 1914... but I guess we'll never know!

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

It's about time I've put my own nautical stamp on this old house. 881 lbs, one of a pair, plucked from the bottom off Cape St. Mary's by a dragger back in the 1980's.

[Tyler Stapleton @NauticalTyler]

@LukeQuinton @CityofStJohns I'd like to see transparent sign boards that show you what a scene used to look like years ago. Specifically lost historic buildings and street scapes. Think the Old Post Office, Anglican Parish Hall, Former City Hall etc.

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