In 2002, the National Trust for Historic Preservation identified 100 communities in 20 states where teardowns were taking place in architecturally significant neighborhoods. By 2008 the list had grown to around 500 communities in 40 states — with about a third of those in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. In Dallas, during the last 10 years, as many as 1,000 homes have been torn down in the early-20th-century sections of Highland Park and University Park, and teardowns have proliferated in a dozen historic neighborhoods in Denver.
Communities are properly wary of denying owners the right to build, but circumstances can demand action. Hinsdale, Ill., which has lost one third of its houses to teardowns since the 1980s, restricted the practice when the spread of pavement and patios prevented water from sinking into the soil and increased flooding problems.
The most thoughtful approach increases public awareness and participation. In Westport, Conn., a popular Web site features Teardown of the Day, which publicizes planned demolitions as well as before-and-after pictures. Other towns have imposed mandatory demolition delays for houses older than 60 years to give time for the public to react and offer alternatives. That, at least, gives preservationists a fighting chance.
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Brazil's Real Falls for a Second Day as Oil Price Curbs Demand for Assets
... oil prices,'' said Flavia Cattan-Naslausky , an interest-rate and currency strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``There is a general sell-off in emerging markets on concern we will inevitably have a deceleration in global ...
United Rentals Comments on Pending Tender Offer
... Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor ' s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at www.unitedrentals.com . Certain statements in this press ...
Genesee & Wyoming spent $180K lobbying in 1Q
... lobbying in the first quarter on issues affecting the rail industry, according to a recent disclosure report. The Greenwich, Conn.-based company lobbied on legislation related to railroad safety, investment, competition and service improvement, and ...
Weeden & Co. Names Oilfield Service & Equipment Analyst Geoff Kieburtz to Energy Research Team
... and depth offered by our highly ranked block, program, and algorithmic trading desks. " About Weeden & Co., LP: Greenwich, Conn.-based Weeden & Co., LP is a full-service Institutional broker specializing in domestic and International equity trading, ...
Filene's Basement says it will leave White Plains
... 'This place is a great place to shop because it has such great prices.' Terrance Miller, a flower shop owner from Greenwich, Conn., also was surprised. 'This is where I come to shop for all of its designer clothing at such an affordable price,' he ...
Connecticut hedge fund scammer wants diploma
... was sentenced last year to 3 1/2 years in prison for persuading investors to pour millions into a nonexistent Greenwich-based hedge fund. A $21 million gift that Yalincak had promised to New York University proved to be an a fraud. The $1.25 million ...
Beaches marred by runoff carrying filth into water
... But several persistent problems continue to plague some areas. Troubled areas include Hop Brook Lake Beach in Middlebury, Mixville Pond in Cheshire, Wharton Brook State Park in Wallingford and Byram Beach in Greenwich.At Byram Beach, local authorities don't have to test for bacteria following a heavy rain. Experience teaches that runoff from a heavy rain will contaminate Long Island Sound and officials pitch a "No Bathing or Fishing" sign in response to a heavy rain.
Barbara Beqiraj, 48, a lifelong Greenwich resident, says she swam in the Sound when she was a youngster.
"I don't go in the water in Greenwich whatsoever. It's disgusting," she said....
Information originally from: The Hartford Courant:
Connecticut Beaches Have Been Closed Thousands Of Day Due To Contamination
On a recent sweltering afternoon at Byram Beach in Greenwich, Barbara Beqiraj reclined in the shade of a pavilion and recalled the time she startled the daylights out of her Albanian-born husband, a recent immigrant who hadn't seen much ocean in his life.Connecticut Beaches Have Been Closed Thousands Of Days Due To Contamination
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Officers found him crouching inside the refrigerator, Duff said.
The man later sent Duff a friendly letter from jail telling him that the light went out when the door closed, Duff said....
No wonder Greenwich Detective Timothy Duff's new career is being a loss prevention officer at a grocery store.
Other details about the 6 a.m. fire were not immediately available.
No injuries were reported.
No rescue was needed, the Greenwich Fire Department said.
A cause was not given.
ALSO:
Banksville / Greenwich Ct. Structure Fire 7-1-08
Date: 7-1-08
Time: 06:05 hrs
Location: 24 Fado Lane
Frequency: 46.26 , 60 Fire 16
Units Operating: Car 2581 , Rescue 7, Tanker 7 , Engine 157 , Greenwich Ct. FD
Description Of Incident: Working Fire
Writer: TR54
06:25 Banksville Eng 157 relocating to Station 8 in Greenwich Ct. Released from the fire scene per Greenwich command.
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Update:
The fire marshal's office is investigating an early morning blaze that destroyed a home in Cos Cob and damaged some neighboring ones, officials said.The fire erupted at 20 Fado Lane shortly before 6 a.m. and took an hour to extinguish, fire officials said.
No one was injured. The two-story home, which sits on a cul-de-sac off of Cognewaugh Road, was completely destroyed. Some neighboring homes sustained heat damage, fire officials said.
Officials are at the property investigating what may have caused the fire.
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The administration of the town of Greenwich seems to feel justified in emulating the conduct of the White House by ruling in secret on anything apt to be controversial. The selectmen were elected by the people to carry out the will of the people, not their own agenda.
Knowing of the concern of a large number of residents as to who is entitled to use Greenwich beaches and under what conditions, the question of allowing out-of-towners to take the ferry to Island Beach should have been debated in the Representative Town Meeting.
On another topic: I live in Hillcrest Park. The only convenient way to the village of Old Greenwich is down Havemeyer Lane. Imagine my surprise one morning on discovering that construction had started on a traffic circle in the middle of this narrow road, presumably to accommodate those who will eventually move into the condos on the Stamford side of the road. Havemeyer Lane is the thoroughfare, but the stop signs are for those traveling on Havemeyer Lane, not for those emerging from the condo development. Havemeyer Park, a residential area of mostly young families with children, can expect a deluge of through traffic.
Rumor has it that a traffic light is to be installed at the corner of Havemeyer Lane and Palmer Hill Road. The people most affected by this would be the residents of Hillcrest Park, who would find it very difficult to exit onto Palmer Hill Road. To my knowledge, no one asked our opinion about the light.
It might be a good idea for the selectmen to remember that this is still a democracy and that such high-handed behavior is not acceptable.
Lois Taylor
Old Greenwich
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