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• Euclid Gal January 30, 2019 at 8:13 am

  STOP THE INSANITY!!! THREE more bungalows going down today in Woodland Heights!!!!! That’s like 15 now for this month alone!!!
• Old School January 30, 2019 at 9:51 am

  WOODLAND HEIGHTS . . . YOU ARE AT DEFCON 2. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. NORAD IS REPORTING AT LEAST TWO DOZEN MODERN VICTORIAN FARMHOUSES ARE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. IT IS DIFFICULT TO TRIANGULATE THE SOURCE, BUT THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS THAT THEY MAY BE COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF STUDEWOOD. JOIN THE RESISTANCE NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. PAINT YOUR HOUSE A COLOR. READ KATE WAGNER’S BLOG AND ARM YOURSELF WITH SNARKY TAKES ON ARCHITECTURE. TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT EXPANDING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
• Highlander January 30, 2019 at 2:54 pm

  Safely ensconced behind the 1907 boundaries of Woodland Heights, aka the protected historic district. We tried to warn the blocks around us in 2010 but they wouldn’t listen, now they’re crying about all the bulldozers showing up every weekday morning.
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  Guess the avalanche of fliers that said “YOUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGH THE FLOOR IF YOU VOTE FOR A HISTORIC DISTRICT” (which oddly all came from the big Realtor companies) worked on them. Yet strangely my property value has almost doubled. Could it be because there’s a guarantee that a McMansion (Kate Wagner rules!) can never be built on my block? Does that mean a corporate campaign was disingenuous? Say it ain’t so!
• sean January 30, 2019 at 6:23 pm

  I used to live in the house featured in today’s demo and even after moving, have been checking Swamplot almost daily waiting for this day.

  It was a good first house for us and saw both our kids come home from the hospital, but life goes on. I just wish they could see it some day.
• mollusk January 30, 2019 at 10:07 pm

  (***glub***) drowning among monochrome VMHs in Norhill…

  Some of our new neighbors have actually expressed concern that they’ll be rejected by those of us who’ve lived here since it was a bit sketch. We’re looking at it as an educational experience.
• mariner21 January 31, 2019 at 12:02 am

  Norhill resident here. I don’t argue for the historic designation but the lot-line stretching farmhouse trend is getting out of hand. The worst part is the fencing of the front lawn which changes the character of the neighborhood. Ban that and these houses would have a lot less appeal to young families.
• Darby Mom January 31, 2019 at 9:54 am

  I thought this one was in the Historic District. Darn! Is it possible that it’s going to be a remodel–one of those camel-back expansions?