a former colleague who moved into an old neighborhood of mine just let me know my old house[*] has been torn down for what I suspect is a better use of that lot but could be an ostentatious folly.
This is a description of what’s going in there: it will certainly alter the character of that street.
Still, it pains me a bit to think of that house going away after 50 years. It was a good little house (emphasis on little) at just under 1000 square feet. Hmm, I need to think about this and perhaps even grieve a little. I have seen other houses leveled and don’t find it pleasant: first time it’s happened to one I lived in.
* The map Google provides is wrong here: the point they provide is several houses away. The house directly to the right of the green pushpin is the one.