Comments on: Tearin’ Down the House http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/02/03/tearin-down-the-house/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Anna http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/02/03/tearin-down-the-house/#comment-28750 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:54 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-28750 SAACJack,
Couldn’t agree more with your comment. This same property owner also owns a home on Greenwood Ave that is in a sad state of disrepair (boarded up windows, overgrown yard, etc). I know it has sat that way for 8+ years. We’ve contacted the City and been told their hands are tied. Would love to know how to get these properties demolished!

]]> By: Land http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/02/03/tearin-down-the-house/#comment-28733 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:20:12 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-28733 That is really interesting (COT and Been here longer than you)…Where exactly were the stables? was this before the houses were built on Northern, Coventry and Oakland?…

I noticed on an old plat that Montgomery was originally supposed to connect through to Coventry, cutting across this area, and I would assume Oakland. Wonder why they never did. It seems weird that the grid just stopped.

]]> By: I Have Been Here Longer Than You http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/02/03/tearin-down-the-house/#comment-28715 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:15:41 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-28715 More accuratly, there were stables there that the neighbors kept their ponies in. But the City took the land under emminent domain in orde to turn Peavine Creek into a storm sewer.
Very forward thinking folks those bureaucrats.

]]> By: cranky old timer http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/02/03/tearin-down-the-house/#comment-28712 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:06:33 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-28712 whoa. wait a minute. i knew the guys who used to live there 20 years ago … I can see that house from my deck …
p.s. years ago, the field behind the houses on oakland and northern was used for ponies (reliable and older neighbor on coventry gave me this info)
then we had a mini-putt putt course back there for a time … we called it “the Peavine Greens…”.But yes, it really floods when the rains get going, and then it just becomes Peavine Pond

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/02/03/tearin-down-the-house/#comment-28689 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:18:02 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-28689 Surprising, given how well run Fannie has been. Then again, when you are busy wasting tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, why quibble over a little house in Georgia.

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