The economy is soft and money is tight yet there continues to be a lot of construction occurring in Los Altos and it’s surrounding communities. On my street alone, there are five homes under construction. Check out the short video below and see the demolition of one of my neighbor’s home.
It probably took a year to build, was lived in for over a half century, yet took just 75 minutes to tear down. If you enjoy watching a large excavator smash into a wooden framed house, you’ll love the video.
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1 Arn Cenedella // Feb 9, 2009 at 8:21 am
Dave
good video.
what does it say about our area that perfectly good homes are torn down to make way for bigger “fancier” ones? i guess it says our area creates a lot of wealth and many of the folks who live in our area do very well financially – and speaks to the desirability of our area – certainly positive factors. but i think it also smacks of “overcomsumption”. it will be interesting to see if our recent economic troubles eventually leads to a slowing down of these “tear-downs????” being replaced by monster house? just a thought…..
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