This is Venice, not Baghdad!
Destruction of affordable housing at
Lincoln Place
Two of the 52
historic buildings at Lincoln Place have been reduced to rubble.
Two of the 52 historic buildings at Lincoln Place
have been reduced to rubble.
The owner
of Lincoln Place had permits to demolish these buildings before the State of
California Office of Historic Preservation found Lincoln Place to be eligible
for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 2003.
Tenants at Lincoln Place did not know that demolition permits could be
challenged.
When tenants sought a
restraining order to stop the demolition, the judge would not grant the order
because the tenants had not exhausted their administrative remedies. A hard
lesson learned: everything can be challenged; everything can be appealed; and
nothing in the law or the administrative codes should be taken for granted.
Tenants are suing to save the
remaining 50 buildings at Lincoln Place.
Posted: Thu - May 1, 2003 at 06:22 PM