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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
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Here they would likely make them continue the color around the building. We see the houses on PBS's This Old House are quite often in historic areas, and run into restrictions like acceptable colors, or you can replace windows but the new ones have to have the same number of lights.
I feel sorry for people who buy a house, or live in a generations old house, who are suddenly saddled with a ton of restrictions because somebody else decided they were within the boundaries of a historic area.  |
I can only assume that the Ovaltine Building wasn't 'listed', ie under a preservation order, as the obligations that come with ownership of a listed property are often burdensome and 90% demolition would be a non-starter.
A similar building, which was most definitely listed, is the
Hoover Building on Western Avenue in West London. Another Art Deco horror, it now houses a Tesco supermarket and the structure remains unaltered.
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