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I am from Wilmington, NC. Quite a few years ago, some gay guys wanted to put siding on their home, which was in the "historic district". They were prohibited because the "commission" didn't want siding (although there were LOTS of houses in the area with siding).

The results were interesting to say the least. The owners did some research, on the period in which the home was built, and painted it with seven or eight different VIVID colors. It was deliberately patterned after a Victorian BAWDYHOUSE...

The commission tried to defeat their scheme, but the house was painted pink, purple, teal, etc...

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I am from Wilmington, NC. Quite a few years ago, some gay guys wanted to put siding on their home, which was in the "historic district". They were prohibited because the "commission" didn't want siding (although there were LOTS of houses in the area with siding).

The results were interesting to say the least. The owners did some research, on the period in which the home was built, and painted it with seven or eight different VIVID colors. It was deliberately patterned after a Victorian BAWDYHOUSE...

The commission tried to defeat their scheme, but the house was painted pink, purple, teal, etc...

ROTFLMAO!  Pretty funny, but I don't find the 'offenders' in this case to be quite as sympathetic as the lady in the article here....it sounds as though they were intentionally trying to 'stick it' to their neighbors out of malice....I wouldn't want to be living in an area where everyone hated me, but that is apparently what they wanted and is most likely what they got out of the deal, as well as an ugly house.

I am from Wilmington, NC. Quite a few years ago, some gay guys wanted to put siding on their home, which was in the "historic district". They were prohibited because the "commission" didn't want siding (although there were LOTS of houses in the area with siding).

The results were interesting to say the least. The owners did some research, on the period in which the home was built, and painted it with seven or eight different VIVID colors. It was deliberately patterned after a Victorian BAWDYHOUSE...

The commission tried to defeat their scheme, but the house was painted pink, purple, teal, etc...