”The question before us is not growth versus no growth, It is: what would good growth look like? And this is a question of intent, of design. What if we grow health instead of sickness, home ownership instead of indigence, education instead of ignorance?” -Architect William McDonough
William McDonough is one of our favorite authors/visionaries here at Crossroads. Read about his book Cradle to Cradle, and we highly recommend watching his movie, The Next Industrial Revolution.
Cropped from the trailer of "The Petrified Forest" (1936)
As much as our company is about natural resource conservation and providing beautiful, quality lumber, we are also dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of our built environment.
Crossroads has a limited supply of wonderful Douglas Fir from the 1936 Warner Bros. prop and studio Building 89 deconstructed in 2008. This lumber has seen many of the greats of the silver screen over nearly 80 years. We are proud to offer this bit of motion picture history in our inventory, thanks to the recycling efforts of Warner Bros. Studios.
The vintage Douglas Fir beams from the 1936 building include:
Nice Example of Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Architecture Materials
Architects, Planners, and Builders, Crossroads Recycled Lumber LLC is a resaw and planing mill in Central California. Promoting sustainability has been a central tenet of our business since its foundation in 1981, and we are actively seeking professionals advancing sustainability through their work.
Crossroads provides quality old growth lumber, timbers, flooring and finish materials to homes and commercial projects.
Keep us in mind as a source for recycled materials in your next LEED-certified, or otherwise ecologically-conscious project.
Please consider sustainable building materials for your projects.
Browse our site for more information, and call or email with any questions you have about our reclaimed wood products.
559-877-3645 info@crossroadslumber.com
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You are invited to attend Local Lumber, a conference connecting woodworkers with locally produced material featuring Pacific Northwest Timber’s own Jake Jacob on October 1st, 2011. (PNT is a sister company of Crossroads Recycled Lumber.)
Local Lumber, October 1st, 2011 Fort Worden Bldg 204 200 Battery Way Port Townsend, WA 98368
The goal of this conference is to explore the opportunities and identify the ways in which suppliers, craftsmen and advocates can work together to create a local lumber movement.
Cost is $25.Pre-registration is required as space is limited. To register please submit theregistration form on page two of the flier (download below), along with payment.
Contact Kirk Hanson for more information at 360-316-9317 or kirk@nnrg.org.
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10″X10″X18′ Douglas Fir “Pit Wood”
Our company keeps growing and improving! Last month Pacific Northwest Timbers, our new yard in Port Townsend, Washington, was officially certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Crossroads has always provided reclaimed lumber as an eco-friendly building material and plans to soon be FSC certified. For Pacific Northwest Timbers, FSC Chain of Custody Certification is a verification that our post-consumer and post-industrial products help to protect the world’s forests. We are proud to be a part of this organization that encourages responsible forest management. You can learn more about the Forest Stewardship Council at www.fsc.org.
This month we’re featuring wood from a unique source. We have been affectionately calling the material “Pit Wood,” because it is being excavated from a mud pit 80 feet wide and 1,400 feet long! This Redwood and Douglas Fir was a wooden platform at a cattle feed plant built in the 1930’s.
Genuine Old Barn Siding on a Wyoming Guest Ranch
We have great news to share with you! We’ve opened a yard in Washington state! Pacific Northwest Timbers, LLC, the newborn sister company to Crossroads Recycled Lumber, LLC, is up and running at 130 Seton Road in Port Townsend, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula. Click Here for Seattle Area Reclaimed Wood.
The new yard has a sawmill and edger in place as well as moulding capability. You can reach Pacific Northwest Timbers at (360) 379-2792 for an appointment, or contact the Crossroads yard in Central California at the information at the bottom of this e-mail. Before visiting either yard please call for an appointment to be sure that we’ll be able to accommodate you. We look forward to meeting your reclaimed lumber needs in the Northwest!
Now that the news is out about our new yard, we’d love to tell you about one of our reclaimed specialties: Barn Siding. Old Barn Siding is one of the most popular reclaimed products for folks trying to foster a rustic character in their building. Barn Siding can vary greatly in species, color, and quality.
We sure are keeping busy here at Crossroads Recycled Lumber. The details of our new yard, Pacific Northwest Timbers, are developing, and Marc & family will be spending the month of January up in Port Townsend house-sitting and getting the new office in order. All very exciting!
Last week we had a quick and hard snow. Monday through Wednesday I couldn’t make it up the hill to work and got a few snowdays for a break. Thursday I was pleased to make some connections at the San Joaquin Valley Regional Green Jobs Summit held in Fresno and put on by the Latino Environmental Advocacy Program. The event was very well attended by people of diverse ages and backgrounds. I was very happy to see an event of this calibur in our own community. For more info read here: http://sjvleap.wordpress.com/
