[Carry_Okie]

Sad that the bulldozers are getting them, I wish I'd known.

I would love to have salvaged a glass greenhouse. I have room for one.

[Right Wing Assault]

http://www.greenhouse-bbs.com/bbs/clasequi.htm

[Think free or die]

We have similar greenhouses just outside Philadelphia. There are 2 or 3 of them, with roses breaking through the glass. It just breaks my heart to see them going to waste. It was a thriving family business for many years, until they went under a few years ago. My understanding is that the US created a new tariff structure which greatly favored rose growers outside the US. It was an attempt to encourage South American drug growers to grow roses instead. It put our local firm out of business. I really miss the fresh and fragrant roses they used to sell.

I don't think the greenhouses will be returned to productive use. The land was intended to be developed and a sign went up at one point for high-end homes. The housing market stalled, and the sign came down. I suspect the developer would be happy to get rid of the greenhouses if someone wanted to dismantle and move them out.

[tubebender]

Have you ever toured any of the greenhouse growing operations near Half Moon Bay? Sun Valley Floral Farms has a operation near Arcata Ca growing cut flowers that must be 50 acres under glass plus 250 acres of open field growing. They have a open house once a year in early fall and we try to go every other year...