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Describing their venture as the "single most insane thing" they’ve ever done, the narrator reflects on their decision to purchase a 66,000 square feet brick building that had seen better days. The former shoemaking plant, built in 1919, had become a hauntingly beautiful relic of the past, yet faced the impending threat of demolition. With excitement and trepidation, they committed $20,000—an amount they didn’t have—to undertake this gargantuan task, driven by personal history and a dream to revitalize not just the building, but the surrounding community.