{"id":2099,"date":"2011-03-19T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.belfor.com\/us\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:16:49","slug":"historic-restoration-of-thomas-edisons-boarding-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.belfor.com\/us\/en\/resources\/historic-restoration-of-thomas-edisons-boarding-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Restoration of Thomas Edison&#8217;s Boarding House"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HHz1ul9pqQw\"><div id=\"lyte_HHz1ul9pqQw\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HHz1ul9pqQw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div 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