Bash And Build

Bulldozers tear across North Jersey demolishing historic homes and replacing them with "Bigfoot" houses and "McMansions."

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November 30, 2000, 6:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Some of the leafy old neighborhoods of pre- and postwar homes that were once the signature of North Jersey are slowly transforming, as tree covers thin out and larger homes made from synthetic materials replace old ones. Detractors call the new look atrocious and bizarre -- a cannibalism of a house, a mutilation of the landscape. Others see much of the new architecture as masterful."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Gigantic new houses have fans and foes

Sunday, November 26, 2000 in Bergen Record

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