290 Lincoln Avenue. A barn no more
Despite a desperate last minute attempt from neighbors for a stay of execution, the quaint old barn at 290 Lincoln Avenue is now kindling, paving the way for the construction of an additional non-owner occupied rental unit. The other thing neighbors are seriously concerned about.
The Historical Commission decided not to impose a one-year demolition delay on the barn, rumored to have once been used by poet Robert Frost (but a rumor started by a real estate agent, so not exactly a reliable source). On Monday rookie Building Commissioner Rob Morra issued a demolition permit, but neighbors filed an appeal with the Town Clerk, setting up a possible hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals.
That deliberation, however, would only judge whether the Building Commissioner acted properly in issuing the demolition permit, and since the landowner, You-Pan Tzeng, had a legit permit in hand at the time of this morning's demolition, the episode is now moot.
Somewhere in the distance, a Barn Owl wailed.
2 comments:
Awwwwww...... poor wittle barn. I'm glad to see the historic hacks in this town couldn't protect it using their devious methods.
Out with the old, in with the new, I say!
Pave paradise, put up a student slum, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell.
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