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Originally Posted by tworivers
Dude, that is a surprisingly blase attitude. Once these surviving pieces of our history are gone, they are gone forever. That is a heavy responsibility in my world.
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I don't mean to come off as being blase, but in my opinion, there's a difference between old and historic.
I don't think this house is historic.. I think it's just a nice old house with a failing foundation in a corner of Goose Hollow that is surrounded by a parking lot, an office building, an apartment complex, and the 405.
Even if that house were given to the city, or to some sort of philanthropist... what could be done with it? Save it...? For what purpose, other than to look at what little of it could be seen through the trees? If it had a better location, I'd think of it as a tragic loss, but it's in that weird spot where it'll never be seen. I really do think the trees that obscure the house will be a greater loss to the neighborhood than the loss of the house itself.
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Originally Posted by tworivers
our history being eaten away piece by piece -- if it gets demolished.
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I think at some point one needs to determine the difference between old and historic. Yes, the house has some interesting ties due to the original owner and the architect. The ties are more interesting than the house, in my opinion. I'd feel differently if the ties made it museum worthy, such as some of the houses on the east coast dating back to the revolutionary war that have become museums because of the significant events that happened there.
In my opinion, this is a nice old house. If it can be moved and preserved, that's nice.
The developer is giving them half a year to move it if anyone wants to save it. I think that's more than fair.
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