On 7/11/2011 10:10 AM, Becker, Dan wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Follett
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 7:37 PM
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>> I have no idea if the customer ever tried to assemble to the
>> building again, and i have of filed the whole experience as a
>> job i wish i had not been a part of, and i try not to think about it.
> I am stunned at the insensitivity of Twy to have posted his query and augured up such a terrible repressed memory.
>
> dan and then we had to relive CP's formative experience in strong-arm politics becker
my opinion is that the client never intended to reconstruct the house, 
they needed to get it out of there so that the local histo presto folks 
would think they were saving the house and would give permission for 
them to sell to the developer who wanted to trash it and build something 
else

we got sucked into that, thought it would extend the experience base, 
and it did... don't expect materials salvage guys to treat the old house 
friendly

but then again, the old part of the house (nobody cared to save the new 
part) may not have been anywhere near as old or historic as some people 
seemed to think -- water sawn timbers checked against earliest presumed 
date of water powered saws in the area did not add up to a 17th c timber 
frame

it may have had more to do with histo presto being used as a tool to 
block the developer, rather than use zoning

the homeowners at post-retirement age, and not able to maintain their 
house, probably wanted to do whatever they could to cash in and get the 
hell out of there, and it was before the housing bust so they may have 
been near enough to the top of the market

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