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Personal observations
The most noticeable feature of the Barns is the architecture as it a combination of aged and new construction materials. Although much of the historical building structures such as the brick and clay walls, and the steel crosses has remained, there are additions of aluminum roofing, glass windows, and concrete floors. It is a visually stunning space with a multitude of textures and colours. In fact, a close up photo of the texture of a surface can be as abstract as the paintings that hangs from the ceiling.

I took care to photograph as much signage as possible in consideration for the textual aspect of the panorama. The collection of farmer's market signage mostly favoured a causal approach with hand drawn signs or in the tradition of being hand-lettered. The signage for the building itself was a san-serif font that was applied to the directory signage, the room numbers, the name of offices, and possibly on the for the wall of recognition. The font for the hanging numbers appeared to be a different font face, and it also had a special graphical treatment. The name plate for the artists' studios were all different as it appeared to be produced by the artists themselves.

The photos below were taken on Saturday September 12, 2009, from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM.

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Observed Activities

 * Children were playing at the playground.
 * A person was reading at the picnic table.
 * Mothers were walking along the corridors with their baby strollers.
 * People were buying, packing, talking, eating, drinking at the farmer's market.
 * A person from The Stop was tending to the vegetable garden.
 * Families and couples wandered around the barns.
 * A person was working in The Stop and in the LEAF office.
 * People were relaxing on the benches or on the grassy fields.
 * Some people were hanging out in the living quarters of a studio space.
 * A person was adding materials to the compost.
 * Some people were tending to the greenhouse and tool shack.