You’ve heard of the woman who lived in this house, haven’t you? Here’s the lead to the story in the Seattle P-I: Edith Macefield died at home, just the way she wanted. The Ballard (Wash.) woman who captured hearts and admirers around the world when she stubbornly turned down $1 million to sell her home [...]
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Ye Olde Urbanism gets boot in britches
by Jon Swerens on January 14, 2008, in Community, Urbanism
(Jon) A proposal to build a Medieval European village has gotten hogtied by modern Indiana regulations. The people behind Simpler Times Village want to build a rural community with old-fashioned ideals — really olde — in green space in Madison County. From its Web site: Can you imagine a storybook village in old world Europe? [...]
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