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Scrap Yard Lofts: Downtown Living with a Twist

That big, empty warehouse just to the north of the mission could soon become Scrap Yard Lofts, a mixed-use development proposed today to the Holland Brownfield Redevelopment Authority by a partnership between the Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co. and Bosgraaf Commercial.

Read the complete article at the Holland Sentinel by clicking here.

Visit the Scrap Yard Lofts website to learn more.

Eagles soar and fish at Holland yard

At Padnos we are proud to say that we are "recycling to preserve our environment". What better symbol of this connection could there be than the flock of American Bald Eagles which has recently been visiting our Holland yard, soaring and fishing for hours on end. Ted Swoboda took all these pictures either standing in our yard or in a nearby park shooting toward our facility.

For a link to Ted's website and for more information about his work, click here.

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Padnos New York Times Article

 HOLLAND, Mich. — Right up there with putting an aging parent in a nursing home stands the wrenching job of handing over a family businessto be run by outsiders.

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Stuart Padnos tribute to President Ford

Stuart Padnos conceived of “48”, his scrap sculpture of a University of Michigan football player, as a tribute to his friend, President Gerald R Ford.  Ford wore the number 48 when he was a leader on the Michigan team in the 1930’s.   By coincidence, 1948 was also the year President Ford first ran for Congress, and Seymour and Stuart Padnos were avid supporters.

Skilled welders at IXL Machine Shop, a division of Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Company, fabricated the sculpture during the winter of 2002-2003, and our gallery photo shows the sculpture shortly after it emerged from the shop, before being placed on “sculpture row” along Pine Avenue in Holland.   When officials at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum heard about the sculpture, they inquired whether or not it might be available for permanent placement on the Museum grounds.  Stuart and the Company were naturally pleased and honored to be able to oblige.   The sculpture was formally unveiled and dedicated at the Museum on July 31, 2003, during the celebration of President Ford’s 90th birthday.

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