I'm surprised it didn't sell before it was done but I don't know how they marketed it. Major demolition started July 26, 2012, caravan was on January 29, 2013. Thanks to listing agent Erika Eaton for showing me around. Here is the listing.
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The permit box had been up for days. They took down the tree. One day the machine was just there.
I could hear the crunching from my house that morning so I raced over.
I joined neighbors across the street, we were throwing an impromptu wake.
I leaned about the owner, the foundation cracks and the settling, the water problems, the teardown a few houses east.
The yellow hanging bathroom Rauschenberg collage "got" me though.
Empty lots can look so small.
Here it is in context. The house to the right is closer to original.
Another in context.
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Yuk. The original house had so much personality. sigh. The only constant is change. No doubt the new one is beautiful on the inside and much more liveable.
ReplyDeleteIMO, the picture taken directly in front of the new house makes it look almost an acceptable size; the one taken from a 45 degree angle on the right makes it look too big and out of place in the neighborhood.--Jeff C
ReplyDeleteThe pictures don't get the fit quite right. Best to see in person.
DeleteLight fixtures, plumbing fixtures, doors, windows... all crunched up and sent to the landfill. Clearly no attempt at salvaging anything. What a shame. Communities that encourage consumers to recycle every tin can and plastic bag should make more of an effort to discourage such waste. Maybe when you apply for a demolition permit they could hand you a pamphlet listing all the organizations that benefit from or participate in building material reuse. Habitat's ReStore springs to mind.
ReplyDeletechecks are always very careful, you can seriously look at a small format requirements of the papers, carefully read each student long evening dress papers, and then put forward the most sound advice, which is hard to come by. Expensive two-and-a-half years of college life is drawing to a close, I feel is very
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