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A couple of years ago, they tore down the old foundry to put up a condo building for old people. It seems like a decent place. The other one-third of the block was taken up by three houses and a small machine shop.
I happened by there on the way to Subway, and was startled to see it gone. A big dirt fields surrounded by chain link.
One of the houses was very nice. It was over a hundred years old and it looked like it was starting to get a little run down, but it still looked nice. Cyn and I briefly considered buying it. In the front yard were two notable trees. One was a huge maple tree. I'd guess it had been there since the house was built, it was that big. There was also a big lilac bush. It had a stump that was over a foot in diameter, and it split into three trunks a couple of feet off the ground.
Two of the houses looked pretty run down. Gray asphalt shingles and such. Probably could have been fixed up nicely, with some investment. One of them had a nice back yard. There was a low cement wall next to the sidewalk, which had a line of cedars growing all along the top of it. I was always a bit envious of that secluded grassy space. Now there's nothing left but the cement wall. There are three big holes in the middle of the dirt. Nothing left. No homes. No trees. No grass. No lilacs, no irises, no tulips, no cedars. No picket fence.
Those houses were a nice screen to block the view of the condos, too. But I guess you can't look like you care about new investment if you can't get rid of the old.
I happened by there on the way to Subway, and was startled to see it gone. A big dirt fields surrounded by chain link.
One of the houses was very nice. It was over a hundred years old and it looked like it was starting to get a little run down, but it still looked nice. Cyn and I briefly considered buying it. In the front yard were two notable trees. One was a huge maple tree. I'd guess it had been there since the house was built, it was that big. There was also a big lilac bush. It had a stump that was over a foot in diameter, and it split into three trunks a couple of feet off the ground.
Two of the houses looked pretty run down. Gray asphalt shingles and such. Probably could have been fixed up nicely, with some investment. One of them had a nice back yard. There was a low cement wall next to the sidewalk, which had a line of cedars growing all along the top of it. I was always a bit envious of that secluded grassy space. Now there's nothing left but the cement wall. There are three big holes in the middle of the dirt. Nothing left. No homes. No trees. No grass. No lilacs, no irises, no tulips, no cedars. No picket fence.
Those houses were a nice screen to block the view of the condos, too. But I guess you can't look like you care about new investment if you can't get rid of the old.
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Date: 2004-01-06 01:46 am (UTC)From:i despise the super-high rises
put in the place of perfectly sound and lovely old buildings
just because someone wants to build something new right now~
i know nothing lasts forever
but i love an old, lovely, well-built thing~
it's startling sometimes.
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Date: 2004-01-06 06:24 am (UTC)From:no subject
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