tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post4852746932274398536..comments2024-03-14T04:01:02.005-04:00Comments on THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE: Going, going.....The Down East Dilettantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-42733745153199396392022-07-31T16:48:35.439-04:002022-07-31T16:48:35.439-04:00Hi nice reaading your blogHi nice reaading your blogBird Removal Midwest Cityhttps://www.birdcontrolremoval.com/us/bird-control-oklahoma/bird-removal-midwest-city.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-86136085157171604422010-08-14T17:07:27.114-04:002010-08-14T17:07:27.114-04:00Back a lifetime ago, I lusted after the Enos Colli...Back a lifetime ago, I lusted after the Enos Collins estate - Gorsebrook - in south end Halifax Nova Scotia. It was a georgian mansion with attached dependencies (and at that time still had extensive acreage and stunning stone walls and iron gates) built in the early 19th c by a banking and merchant impresario who got his start by privateering. Unfortunately, it too was owned by an educational establishment - this time St.Mary's University who let it run down and finally destroyed it as being useless to them. Perhaps a secular university might have made it their president's residence - perhaps not. Sadly all that remains are the measured drawings but at least we have those.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643680000059427128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-1895921168359527122010-08-11T00:14:20.520-04:002010-08-11T00:14:20.520-04:00Yes, I also grew up in the 'country' and h...Yes, I also grew up in the 'country' and have also witnessed the changes which have infiltrated even the rural farm/estate areas of NY. <br /><br />Wonderful 18th & 19th Century homes are being cast aside in favor of newly built ones which suggest the benefit of low maintenance and modern convenience.<br /><br />One positive effort I am seeing however, is the conversion of the largest of farm estates to upscale apartments - utilizing the original floor plan as closely as possible, with the hope that it may be returned to its original configuration in the future.<br /><br />Given that few have a use for large scale estates these days, thoughtful re-use is helping to preserve these properties. For the time being it seems an option in giving them a life, as opposed to watching them whither. <br /><br />I hope that once the McMansion's start to have thier own maintenance issues, people will again consider the inherent beauty and value of older homes. <br /><br />And yes... if we could somehow stop being so new product-driven, we possibly wouldn't be romanticizing the concept as much. It's such a difficult thing to acknowledge that what we are doing to ourselves has become so non-sustainable and inauthentic in the long run.Authorhttp://www.adiscourseontheartsandsciences.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-49106130061290845412010-08-10T10:25:02.370-04:002010-08-10T10:25:02.370-04:00Lovely house, so much nicer than the Holmes House,...Lovely house, so much nicer than the Holmes House, which seemed to me an exception to the rule that <br />provincial versions of sophisticated buildings can be charming. Those spindly columns, that awkward balustrade...!!Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-49402720892630400712010-08-09T07:02:34.920-04:002010-08-09T07:02:34.920-04:00Down the street from where I live there is a very ...Down the street from where I live there is a very good Colonial Revival house that was perfectly sited where one road met another and it (because of a deed of sale could not be torn down) was shunted to one side to make room for a driveway to the most hideous block of flats to be built - a totally unsuitable yellow fake stucco monstrosity topped by laughable belvederes. I hate to see it but here the house sits, increasingly forlorn and decrepit.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-18070416396652706692010-08-08T20:11:45.154-04:002010-08-08T20:11:45.154-04:00No foundations plantings are perfect for this hous...No foundations plantings are perfect for this house.Barbara Wells Sarudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277378178650355645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-76366957363238153352010-08-08T19:52:29.018-04:002010-08-08T19:52:29.018-04:00Thank you for this post. It expresses exactly how ...Thank you for this post. It expresses exactly how I have felt for years.Marfy Goodspeedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00603078677021545414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-69223744861938470282010-08-08T19:10:33.822-04:002010-08-08T19:10:33.822-04:00It's exactly the house that I've been drea...It's exactly the house that I've been dreaming of since I was a kid. All I've ever wanted, and hope to someday have. It's sad that something as classic and timeless as this should remain unloved for what it is.Scott Fazzinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15151887908949731535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-30768212899428782442010-08-08T15:23:40.116-04:002010-08-08T15:23:40.116-04:00I live in a similar house, minus the Palladian arc...I live in a similar house, minus the Palladian arch. The locals didn't want to buy it(although they could have) because they spent years feeling poor in cold drafty rooms as children, ogling something NEW and BETTER. The grass is always greener I guess. So I'm slowly trying to patch the thing back together, and enjoying the sunny rooms, endless space and good proportions, and the thoughts of stories that all the old quirky details bring. What's funny is that the locals all want me to fix the house up, often helping out in surprising ways, or giving me old photos of it that have sat around a hundred years. There is a wistfulness about the way they feel about these houses. Its too bad that our pop culture can't evolve to make these places the objects of desire for many, instead of a few quirky nuts like me.balsamfirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347379810451503618noreply@blogger.com