I let out a faint scream nobody heard when I saw this one was gone…

12719 Grandin, was discovered in rubble on the evening of February 19, 2008. It was one of my absolute favorites.
This house was one of my top five for photographing… I’m even working on a painting of the light coming in so perfectly through the broken white-framed windows. It was such a [...]

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The Wisteria House is now gone

4246 Manteca was taken on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I was saddened by the sight of the bulldozer parked in the front lawn of 4246 Manteca on Saturday for many reasons. This house has been abandoned for over 2 years now, but it seemed like such a nice place for the longest time. It was one [...]

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Valentine’s Day Love for Destruction

12782 Celburne was the victim on St. Valentines Day 2008.
My friend Carol once dubbed this place the ‘Rat Trap.’ It had been abandoned in my whole working memory, and Carol couldn’t recall the last time she saw people call this place home. Evidentially, 12782 had been abandoned for many years, possibly since the [...]

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Yet another 2-for-1, yet more old friends gone…

12764 and 12760 Woodford Way both destroyed on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.
I knew they were gone before I got there. Yet, as I drove by that Thursday, I was in complete disbelief. They were favorites of mine. They some of my staples to photograph. When I had no idea [...]

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The last homeowner of the North

Friday, February 8th was the day 4095 Weskan was taken.
When I first started the photographic part of this project in 2006, I didn’t want to interfere or intrude upon any homeowners who still remained. I avoided this small part of Weskan for this reason… to give them their privacy. They moved out soon after [...]

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Mike’s 2 houses, a complete surprise.

3909 and 3905 Bondurant was destroyed on Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 2008.
When Mike had his home built in Carrollton, he decided, “What the hell, why not get two?”
Mike and his wife are friends of my mom and the owner of the last home(s) of someone in Carrollton I personally knew. I know he lived in [...]

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Two more down…

14832 Ralls was taken on Monday, Jan. 28. Yes, it was the crazy hold-out house with all the weird crap. I took some interior shots the day before it was destroyed. All the paint cans, propane tanks, etc. that filled whole rooms were gone. The house was [...]

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