Neighbors on Taylor St. House Demolition: Conditions Were Unsafe
The original stop work order put on the 8-10 Taylor Street wooden house property was because of environmental and project concerns, neighbors say. Now, it's related to an entirely different issue.
Imagine sitting in your home one morning and feeling the entire floor shake. That's how Taylor Street resident Louane Hann was notified of the construction happening on her street last Tuesday. "I was working from home, and all of a sudden, I felt the earth move," she said. "There was a guy with a backhoe and a guy with a hose, and they were ripping the house down." Hann said neither she nor anyone else in the neighborhood was notified that construction would begin at the wooden house at 8-10 Taylor Street, and that it would involve demolition of the building. "We get notices about someone getting a roof deck you can't even see half the time, and no one got a notice about this," she said. "It’s unbelievable." Couple the lack of notice …
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rich kendall
1:27 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
i'm not quite sure what the use of a landmarks commission, a historical society and a neighborhood group are -- if they could not stop the demolition of such a historic structure. the only people who make out in this debacle are the owners of the other wood house on haven street. now they can say we live in the "ONLY original wood house in the south end!" more ›