Some of my favorite houses in Burbank are the oldsters that still stand proud among the modern development.
When I see them, my mind wanders back in time to wonder what the area was like when they were new.
The house that stands at 334 E. Cypress, down by the Media Center Mall, was gutted by fire in the past year.
Boarded up and cleaned out ~ snapped on April 1, 2009
This particular house was built in 1922 during the initial residential building boom when Burbank's population was about 3,000. Today there's more like 110,000 of us.
Burbank circa 1922 (Burbank Public Library Collection)
Demolition has begun on the grand little lady 334. I noticed today that the roof was gone.
Looks like they will be taking her apart bit by bit. I hope so. It always kills me when the bulldozers arrive to start mauling buildings apart.
No dignity.
No respect for the ghosts that live there, or so I imagine whenever I witness this ritual, which happens more in the name of progress around these parts lately, not post-flames euthanasia.
Burbank circa 1922 (Burbank Public Library Collection)
Demolition has begun on the grand little lady 334. I noticed today that the roof was gone.
Looks like they will be taking her apart bit by bit. I hope so. It always kills me when the bulldozers arrive to start mauling buildings apart.
No dignity.
No respect for the ghosts that live there, or so I imagine whenever I witness this ritual, which happens more in the name of progress around these parts lately, not post-flames euthanasia.
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