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Posted on 01/17/2015 10:23:26 AM PST by EveningStar
Ray Bradbury lived in his 1937 Cheviot Hills home for more than 50 years. After the author of "Fahrenheit 451" died in 2012, the house was readied for sale ...
The home, which was purchased in June for $1.765 million, is being demolished. A permit for demolition was issued Dec. 30, Curbed LA reports, and a fan who visited the house over the weekend found it in the process of being torn down ...
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now that’s a shame...
Some one missed an opportunity here- Bradbury fans would probably have paid to have this a museum or something
It seems that whoever bought it did not realize the true value of what they had.
What a shame.
He never drove (despite living in L.A.) so they didn't get together all that much, but lots of phone chat and letters.
Wow, too bad.
I understand his childhood home in Waukegan, IL (aka “Green Town” in his novel “Dandelion Wine”) still stands.
They might find something in the walls! I hope they keep an eye out.
heh
That’s what I was thinking.
‘tis a shame to lose the domicile that witnessed the creation of some of the most important literature of the past century.
At the same time, Ray looked to the future, let those afraid of reason, those who glorify the past and fear the future, let them build monuments to their monkish ignorance.
Ray’s monument lives in the minds of those he has reached.
What a shame. It looks like a very small house. Too bad they didn’t take another few days to pick it up off its foundations and move it.
TGIF. Oh, sorry, it’s Saturday. Too late!
The real estate was worth more than the existing homes.
I wonder how much was spent for ‘curb appeal’ and interior staging? Wasted money?
The house is being torn down by Beatty and Montag demolition company.
The buyer is going to build a “REAL” house there! Location, location, location...
Dennis Miller’s Santa Barbara house is on the market. I’ll post a link if I can find one.
Cheviot Hills is a wonderful LA neighborhood. I think it’s OK for the house to be replaced by a more up-to-date home if someone wants to do that and can afford it. A Ray Bradbury museum is a great idea, and might better be built in Hollywood. It could feature scenes from some of the movies made from his work.
I toured the Hemingway home in Key West. It’s rather a different story, as that house is already the best house in the ‘hood. Also, Key West is rather a small town and Hemingway beards are common, Hemingway contests go on. He was and remains the main cultural attraction there.
But Bradbury is just one of many many cultural icons in LA and his home was nice but nothing out of the ordinary for that neighborhood. Alas.
Are his kids gone? Not wanting to be among the last somewhat normal people to turn the lights off in Kali?
Lots of black - ceilings, pool, etc. Said Harrison did drawings on the kitchen walls.
Carson asked what was Reynolds going to do about them. Reynolds replied, "I had them painted over."
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