Arts Entrepreneur Breathes New Life Into Old Port Jervis Building

Arts Entrepreneur Breathes New Life Into Old Port Jervis Building
Anne Rogers at the future R.H. Smith Mercantile in downtown Port Jervis, N.Y., on Feb. 19, 2024. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
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Over the past five years or so, Anne Rogers has labored to turn an old building in downtown Port Jervis into a future creative house for up-and-coming artists.

With the help of her custom motorcycle builder husband, Paul Cox, the old floors and ductwork were ripped, custom windows and doors were replaced, and a new staircase was built using wood from a closed business next to Mr. Cox’s former workshop in Brooklyn.

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