Interesting reads from afar

Posting the links to discussions from other neighborhoods, common themes continue. Enjoy.

On the next episode of "Maury" ...
By WSB
But before visiting DPD planner Mark Troxel was finished with his guest appearance, the room was in a lather over teardowns. Especially considering, as calm and polite as he tried to be, his answers about why there are no rules ...
http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=3305

West Seattle Blog...
http://westseattleblog.com/blog

Million-Dollar Babies
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Another neighborhood where tear-downs are all the rage is Newtown Square,
due to the proximity of several streets to golf courses. ...
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=18840595&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=6

Amid housing slump, high-end boom
Boston Globe - United States
The homes were a combination of "do-overs" - expansions by the new owners that preserved remnants of the original houses - and "tear-downs" by buyers who ...
http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2007/09/20/amid_housing_slump_high_end_boom?p1=MEWell_Pos4

They Just Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To...Or Do They?
By susan.brady
The loss of so many of the original cottages in Emerald Hills to make way for McMansions, teardowns of poorly built 1950s and '60s ranchers in San Carlos and Belmont to make way for more modern and contemporary buildings. ...
http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2007/09/they_just_dont_make_em_like_they_used_toor_do_they.html

Advocacy for alternatives to teardowns
By avorob
"Battles about teardowns are being waged across the country. Without effective advocacy, teardowns will continue unabated and the future of your neighborhood will most likely be fashioned by the hands of market forces rather than its ...
http://blog.teardowns.com/?p=16

Teardown Post
http://blog.teardowns.com

The future of how we'll handle our past
Globe and Mail - Canada
If only developers - rather than opting for teardowns - practised adaptive reuse of historic structures or the marriage of new architecture with old....
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070921.ARCHI21/TPStory/Education

Decatur's Oakhurst split over preservation status
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
... character that they must be protected, particularly at a time when "teardowns" and "McMansions" have become part of the real estate lexicon....
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/09/21/oakhurst_0922.html

Dallas Neighborhood Fighting Teardowns
MyFox Dallas - Dallas,TX,USA
With the sound of change droning on behind him, Mike McCue says he's always know his community of older homes was a gem. "We've been kind of a hidden secret ...
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4416436&version=1&locale=ENUS&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1