I live in a very historical neighborhood in denver

[Roon]

anyway, this place has become prime real estate in the past 15 years and property values have shot UP! People like to buy the old houses, tear them down,then build a brand new house in it's place..this is called doing a "scrape off". If you have a duplex with two addresses,you can have the land for even more.

Anyway,I walk to the bank once a month and I saw a sign saying "NO UGLY DUPLEX" with the address..then i noticed two other houses with similar signs. I looked at the duplex and it looked like a decent duplex..couldn't figure out what the bitching was about.

Then about three months later I walked by and all there was at the duplex was a hole in the ground! They tore down this beautiful building to build a brand new one!Then i realized what they were bitching about! Now all three houses have toilets in their front yards with geraniums growing in the bowls..all to protest this duplex being torn down. \

I would hate to be the people moving into that new duplex.

[Tikki]

1. Why do they not renovate the properties?

I would think there would be a lot of people who would love to live in an historical home.

In the Silverlake area of Los Angeles, home owners painstakingly renovate their historical homes down to the last detail.


Tikki

[Roon]

6. Some do

but not nearly enough.

[tigereye]

2. hate to see lovely old homes torn down to be replaced with hideous monstro-

sities. Ugh.


:puke:

[Roon]

7. It's horrible when they tear down a bungalow

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I have family in the Denver area and hear that things are changing fast there.

My cousin lives in Castle Rock and said that development is rampant, that the fields and view of the mountains behind her house will soon be covered with new homes. And her brother, lives in Englewood, has had to change jobs several times because the companies he's worked for have moved out of state and he chose not to move. So why all the building? :shrug:

[Roon]

5. The building in my area is due to the proximity to downtown

15 minute bus ride, 10 minute drive...all the downtown workers are moving in.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. What I was wondering is why all the development

When all of these companies are moving out of Denver? My cousin is an accountant, has had good jobs, but didn't feel like moving to Texas or NC when his companies did... And my other cousin is moving back to Denver from Castle Rock, since there's all sorts of development right in her backyard. I'm sorry that you're experiencing this, but you're not alone, my friend... :pals:

[elleng]

4. I worked in what was/is probably an historical home in Denver years ago.

as a VISTA Volunteer attorney. BEAUTIFUL place, used as office, but no destructive renovations.

Bought an 'oldy' in DC 25 years ago, and now living in another 'oldy' in DC exurb. Current place 'converted' into 4 apartments. LOVE these buildings! Character, Character, Character!

[joeybee12]

9. I've lived in Denevr off and on for the last decade...

there are some great houses there.