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1 posted on 03/01/2016 1:48:06 PM PST by MichCapCon
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In my historic district, the board would not even let me straighten the crooked lintels below the windows. The photo they had from 1939 had them crooked so they stay crooked.


2 posted on 03/01/2016 1:52:13 PM PST by anton
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But make sure you pay your property taxes. Because you own the place.


4 posted on 03/01/2016 2:10:10 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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I remember Sacramento having a historic district and when some building or house could not be updated or etc. because of stupid rules it seemed the “homeless” people were always most timely in their willingness to burn the thing to the ground.

Maybe Ann Arbor needs some enterprising homeless people who like to play with matches?


5 posted on 03/01/2016 2:12:41 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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My father lives in a legitimately historic house, but not in a “historic district”. The local historic preservation society invited him to register his house; apparently there were/are tax breaks involved. There was also a rulebook bigger than the NFL’s ... he told them to pound sand.


6 posted on 03/01/2016 2:18:00 PM PST by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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My friend used to live with her family in a very nice Victorian that had been in her family for three generations.

Then the historical district thing hit.

They were told they would have to remove the 3 pane windows and install historically accurate windows. Remember the heating bills prior to the window installation she promptly sold to some idiot who wanted a home with "character".

There is now an average of one abandon home per block in what used to be a very desirable neighborhood.

8 posted on 03/01/2016 2:29:11 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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Once you put history in a bottle and petrify it with commissions and regulations, it becomes impossible to make history any more.


9 posted on 03/01/2016 2:35:37 PM PST by Mmmike
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With the “historical”, just remember - just because it is old doesn’t make it worth a damn.


10 posted on 03/01/2016 2:41:11 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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