Thursday, January 8, 2009

Little White House

While Georgia has long been famous for Roosevelt's "Little White House" in Warm Springs, a new miniature version of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is currently the talk of Atlanta.
This eyesore, which was erected on Briarcliff Road, just a few short miles from my house, about eight years ago, is currently up for sale. The owners, who are home builders notorious for tearing down the character rich mid-century ranches in this area of town and replacing them with cookie-cutter McMansions, are currently in financial trouble. The house was going to be sold at auction today, but last minute negotiations with the lending institution have kept it off the auction block for now. They are asking 9.88 million, which is just out of my price range, but I wish that I could buy it just so I could tear it down. It's ridiculous and gaudy. And yes, the shrubbery says, "GOD <3 YOU."

Photo courtesy AJC.

1 comment:

Anny said...

So much for division between church and state eh?

It must be great for giving directions though "Turn left at the white house" "No not the house which is white. The White House."