Re: Another Day, Another Teardown

Otherwise known as, another one bites the dust. On my weekend walk, my friend and I checked this house out - yes, we were trespassing, someday I’m going to be arrested. I always thought it was a fairly new house, (until we climbed through the fence and saw the circa 1930’s kitchen), with some unfortunate proportion issues - the arched colonnade is too wide for the house, but, I thought, easily fixable. Too late. What you don’t know is that the ceiling of the porch was frescoed in a delightful design, and the wooden corbels were all hand carved. All the eaves were painted a serene kind of blue underneath, probably to seem cool in the hot summer. There were numerous leaded glass windows, including an intricate stained glass window with the image of a scribe. I won’t go into a rant, (I’ve been silenced), but, please, don’t build your new home to the edge of the lot.