It reminds me of the historic house in Melbourne Florida. I was "protected" by being on an historic registry, bronze plaque and everything. Had a local reputation of being a haunted house, due to a horrific murder committed on the premises about 100 years earlier. Had a successful restaurant operating within. The next year it was the parking lot for a new CVS drugstore.
David J Brooks wrote: > I think the angle and crop you have here is very good Paul. It shows > what looks like the main part very well. > > I hear what you are saying about old houses. We have similar problems > in this area. Our surrounding towns seem to hold these historic > buildings in high value and do everything they can to keep them. Some > have been turned into small schools or professional offices, many > others are sold for $1.00 and moved to a special area that has been > set aside for these houses. Buy the lot, move it, fix it, and you have > one hell of a nice street. > > Here, in Stouffville, they just look at it as an old house and pretty > much let developer have their way. Not allowed to cut trees, well cut > them anyway and pay the fine. I hear my old farm house we lived in is > now going to be saved. I hope i had something to do with that, with my > letters and news paper letters. Now if the kids don't burn it > down....... > > Dave > > On Jan 1, 2008 10:39 AM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A sad pic, shot on a gloomy day. This is a farmhouse located about a >> mile from my house. It was built in 1832, although some additions are >> more recent. Ever since I lived here, it sat on 27 wooded acres. The >> property was recently sold to a developer, and the area directly >> adjacent to the house has been clear cut and bulldozed. I'm sure the >> developer will leave the rest of the trees because he plans on >> building 10 houses that will be priced at a couple million each. But >> unless someone pays to move the farmhouse, he's going to tear it >> down. The only shot I could really get was this tight crop. Worked on >> it for quite a while. Don't think it succeeds all that well as a >> photo, but at least it records part of the building. By the way, the >> family that built it still owned it when it was sold. I guess they're >> entitled to cash in, but it's still sad. >> Shot with the DA 16-45, f5.6, on a very dark and gloomy day: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6790967&size=lg >> >> Paul >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> > > > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
