More on the Mattson House Demolition

Barbara Clements at the News Tribune has done some more digging on the Mattson House demolition and pretty much summarizes my view of the whole mess.  Somebody buys a house for $1.5 million and claims it’s too much of a mess so tears it down.  Where there’s a will, anything’s possible.  In this case, the owners obviously wanted something new, but wanted the grand position on the cliff overlooking the water.  So the house goes away.  What kills me is that, in what appears to be the greatest indignity, the owners had a paintball war in the house the week before it met its finish. 

I think that we as a community will watch what the Russell’s plan on putting up in place of this grand home.  We’ll document the before and after on Exit133 and elsewhere I’m sure. 

I’m sentimental. 

Update – Also picked up by the Associated Press

Link to The News Tribune and here

Previously on Exit133 here and here