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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:17:03 +0530
WESTPORT, Conn. — At the end of a road lined with freshly minted,
oversize colonial-style homes surrounded by carefully tended lawns is a
jarring sight: an unusual 1970s house with shredded strips of its tar
roof and quartz-covered walls torn away and spread about the yard.
In this stylish town where residents are waging what seems to be an
all-out campaign to bolster its colonial image, teardowns are hardly an
unusual sight. But many people are horrified that a Modernist home
designed by a renowned architect is about to be razed.
Since a local Web site began spreading that news last month, a debate
has erupted about the character of Westport and the future of the house,
which is on sought-after Minute Man Hill Road.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/nyregion/17house.html?ref=nyregion