He had to rebuild the house that he destroyed
It's funny that it looks a bit like the white boxy houses that we don't like around here, but that is Neutra's style from 1936.
The developer had promised to keep the original house and only remodel the inside, but ended up demolishing the house so as to built a 4000 square foot house on the footprint of the original 1300 square foot house. Sound familiar?
The rest of the story is here in the San Francisco Chronicle.
posted by Tom Falco at 4:00 AM
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Please stop referring to such parasites as property developers which sullies the name of decent and responsible people who make money the honest way. Also San Francisco for sure is not run like a Banana Republic.
This story has no relevance to Coconut Grove. The individual property owner of this particular house in San Francisco was called to task for going beyond what was permitted. And he was punished. As it should be.
Grape,
I was struck by your statement that "It's funny that it looks a bit like the white boxy houses that WE don't like around here . . ." Who is "WE" exactly? Developers are in the business of renovating and building homes and selling them to homeowners. If homeowners "around here" did not "like" the homes that the developers built, then the homes would not sell and developers would not build them. Obviously, at least some people "around here" do "like" the "white boxy houses" or they would not buy them. Is your gripe really an effort by the "old guard" to prevent the "new guard" from moving into the Grove? I can understand why you and your peers may not like the new homes, but is it fair for the "old guard" to try to dictate to new residents moving in or even current residents moving into the "white boxy houses" as to what is good for them? That seems a little paternalistic to me. Indeed, at some point the "old guard" itself was the "new guard," pushing out, displacing, or replacing the even "older guard." This cycle has gone on for generations and will continue to go on until mankind extinguishes itself. It appears that a lot of the commenters on the Grape's facebook page and blog that complain about changes and profess to speak for the entire Grove were at one time culprits of the same conduct they complain about. Change is inevitable and should be welcomed. I eat out and shop in the Grove almost every weekend and can attest to the fact that a vast majority of shoppers and diners are in their 20s, 30s, and 40s -- the older population is simply not supporting our local businesses. New blood is good and necessary for the continued vibrancy of the Grove, even if it is different version than the one that you and your contemporaries have decreed fit. In any event, I thought it was worth opening up a dialogue on the topic.
As one of your generation's greatest artists once warned:
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
What say you?
They obviously don't get the point Grape or they are trying to deflect from the crux of your article which is in Miami such an illegal act as we have witnessed hundreds of times has no proportional consequence. Miami power and politics is about how much one can get away with breaking the law at the expense of the whole community.
It's not directly related, but I listened to a so-called expert say in some communities throughout the U.S., architects design & contractors build homes that must be sold at a minimum of $400,000.00, for them to profit. But at the same time people's pay scale in many of those communities, and the banks that service them can only afford a mortgage max of $290,000.00. I like these block type homes, namely I've examined their construction and these are very, very well build units; foundations, materials, plumbing, electrical, cement, rebar & landscaped yards. But to many people, cars and clogged roadways. Yes, we should save the unique homes whenever possible. Jobie Steppe
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