RECONSTITUTION 1 – Taking the Strandgaten Kafe 'as is.' It reads authentic today even though it is grounded in the cheap, mass-produced look of yesterday. DO NOT RENOVATE WITH CURRENT DESIGN SENSE. Treat it like a fresco in a villa in Tuscany. A 'bad taste' fresco. Avoid Kistch emphasis and over-accenting of what is already there (the problem of sugar on sugar). With a cold, calm eye that you have mastered because you are learning that everyday life in the 21st century is 'total war,' with this eye suppress the existing, overly-camp elements (the curtains in the window, the tablecloths). Do not put art on the walls of this café: we are not yet ready or advanced enough as humans to mix art and cafés.