Thanks barry. A lot of lots here are now filled to bursting with these
huge mansions, so many of which are plug ugly to boot.
Oh those sounds.
Doug
On 20-Oct-10, at 1:15 PM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> I admire the manner in which the opening music of "s" and "l"
> disappears in the face of those "new gargantuas" and then returns.
> A small house within 1.5 blocks of me got demolished this year, but
> no signs of a replacement. Perhaps because of a rumored new road to
> relieve traffic on a road one mile from here, but then why did the
> firehouse add on a recreational "porch" when it's also in the way.
> As I write, I hear the sounds of county contractors tearing up
> functional curbs in the same area only to replace them.
>
> Barry
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