A Threat Comes To Pass
19 February 2003 - 2:00pm
A landowner drops historic properties in a high-stakes gamble.
"Frank Baumgartner killed a hostage last summer. At least that's how people who work to protect the abandoned shafts, shacks, and boarding houses in this old mining district see it. After a land dispute with the state wasn't settled to his satisfaction, Baumgartner, a 74-year-old retired oilman, geologist, and property owner, bulldozed the Kohler-Longfellow Boarding House (1902) and a nearby mine manager's residence. Evidence of the structural carnage lies a few yards off a stretch of the high-altitude San Juan Skyway in the southwestern part of the state."
Full Story:
A Threat Comes to Pass
Source:
Preservation Online, February 7, 2003
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Email this page
- Preserving Land For Future Generations - Oct 06, 2011
- Taking Over a Ghost Town - Nov 02, 2010
- Easements Gone Wrong - Dec 21, 2009
- Granny Flats and Carriage Houses for Denver - Jun 27, 2009
- Denver's 16th Street Mall Rehabilitation Proposal - Jun 18, 2009
“
No matter how one wanted to organize the ideal city, housing security would be part of it. No community can function effectively if large numbers of its residents are regularly displaced or perpetually at risk of being displaced.
”
Planetizen picks
Contribute
- What the Feds are Doing to Connect Housing Policy to Health Policy
- Why the Politics of Climate Change Matter
- Waste Disposal Becomes Sexy
- Murky Future for Two of D.C.'s Architectural Gems
- The Story Behind One of the Most Controversial Buildings in the Country
- The Benefits of Creating Hybrid Zoning Codes
- The Appeal of In-Town Big Box
- The Growing Appeal of Drinking From the Toilet
- How and Why Does an Architect Become Famous?
- Could Good Design Have Prevented the Housing Crisis?
Volunteerism Plays Critical Role in Reaching World’s Millennium Development Goals
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Feb 10, 2012
www.flickr.com
|
