{"id":7302,"date":"2015-03-29T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2015-03-29T18:27:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T22:27:38","slug":"demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition of Meldrim Row cottages will expose other problems &#8211; photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/businessinsavannah.com\/bis\/2015-03-28\/city-talk-demolition-savannahs-meldrim-row-other-problems-will-become-evident\" target=\"_blank\">my City Talk column<\/a> for March 29, I talk again about Meldrim Row. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2014\/06\/15\/savannahs-plan-to-destroy-historic-homes-for-new-police-precinct-is-even-worse-than-i-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> for a post from June 2014 with more detailed background.) It&#8217;s absurd that the homes weren&#8217;t saved on the basis of their history, but soon other problems will become evident. The project to develop a 1.6+ acre Central Precinct site is just lousy urban planning that includes\u00c2\u00a0all the following elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>degradation of residential character and density<\/li>\n<li>street closure(s)<\/li>\n<li>overly large off-street surface parking<\/li>\n<li>forbidding frontages on two significant streets &#8212; Montgomery Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard<\/li>\n<li>lack of vehicular access to southbound MLK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway, I took a few photos of the demolition in progress one night last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7303\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C646\" data-orig-size=\"1024,646\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427218748&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0011111111111111&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg?fit=300%2C189\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg?fit=594%2C375\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg?resize=594%2C375\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-1\" width=\"594\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-1.jpg?resize=300%2C189 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7304\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C632\" data-orig-size=\"1024,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427218835&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0020833333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg?fit=300%2C185\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg?fit=594%2C367\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7304\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg?resize=594%2C367\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-2\" width=\"594\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-2.jpg?resize=300%2C185 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7305\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-3\/\" 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role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7305\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-3.jpg?resize=594%2C396\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-3\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-3.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7306\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-4.jpg?fit=1024%2C695\" data-orig-size=\"1024,695\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427218984&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-4.jpg?fit=300%2C204\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-4.jpg?fit=594%2C403\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-6.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427219020&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0035714285714286&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-6.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-6.jpg?fit=594%2C396\" 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tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-9.jpg?resize=594%2C401\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-9\" width=\"594\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-9.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-9.jpg?resize=300%2C203 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7312\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-10\/\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-10.jpg?fit=594%2C358\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7312\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-10.jpg?resize=594%2C358\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-10\" width=\"594\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-10.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-10.jpg?resize=300%2C181 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7313\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg?fit=1024%2C657\" data-orig-size=\"1024,657\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427219135&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0035714285714286&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg?fit=300%2C192\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg?fit=594%2C381\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg?resize=594%2C381\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-11\" width=\"594\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-11.jpg?resize=300%2C192 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7315\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg?fit=1024%2C656\" data-orig-size=\"1024,656\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427219671&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028571428571429&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-13\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg?fit=300%2C192\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg?fit=594%2C381\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg?resize=594%2C381\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-13\" width=\"594\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-13.jpg?resize=300%2C192 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next photo is of the one home slated for preservation. However, as I note in my column, the row that includes this house was originally conceived as the location for a reconfigured 34th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Some incompetent person with the city claimed that the home would cost close to $300 per square foot to renovate, but the Historic Savannah Foundation said that it would only cost about half as much. It&#8217;s lovely:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7314\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg?fit=708%2C1024\" data-orig-size=\"708,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427219607&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0020833333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg?fit=207%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg?fit=594%2C859\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7314\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg?resize=594%2C859\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-12\" width=\"594\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg?w=708 708w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-12.jpg?resize=207%2C300 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s just an extra photo of a wonderful little house &#8212; feels very New Orleans to me &#8212; across MLK. It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefinder.com\/GA\/Savannah\/1807-Martin-Luther-King-Blvd-114223207d\" target=\"_blank\">for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7316\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/meldrimrowdemolition-14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X100T&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427219737&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg?fit=594%2C396\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg?resize=594%2C396\" alt=\"MeldrimRowDemolition-14\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-14.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4374909701\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my City Talk column for March 29, I talk again about Meldrim Row. (Click here for a post from June 2014 with more detailed background.) It&#8217;s absurd that the homes weren&#8217;t saved on the basis of their history, but&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/03\/29\/demolition-of-meldrim-row-cottages-will-expose-other-problems-photos\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[1410],"class_list":["post-7302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-livingsavannah","category-urban-form","tag-meldrim-row"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MeldrimRowDemolition-9.jpg?fit=1024%2C692","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-1TM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}