#nail house

[mouthtapedguy]

China's rapid growth has led to some unusual situations. Some homeowners refusing to give up their homes for low compensation. As a result, standalone homes, and even some graves, are being surrounded by high-rise development and roadways

[jeroenapers]

The Lone House van John R. Grabach, een nail house anno 1929.

[nowthisnews]

This ‘nail house’ owner refuse to give in to developers

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[silezukuk]

Building in Chongqing, western China. The homeowner hung a banner and the national flag in protest and refused to sell to a developer who went ahead with construction around the site in 2007. The building was eventually demolished in April 2007 when the owners came to a negotiated agreement after battling bulldozers from razing their home. / [***] / [***] / [derek.kolb]

[jeroenapers]

Nail house in bouwstijl.

[jeroenapers]

De St. Joseph Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas. Een kerkje uit 1868 dat Amerikaanse ontwikkelaars in 1944 liever kwijt dan rijk waren. Dat moge duidelijk zijn.

[jeroenapers]

Vera Coking kwam in de jaren negentig al in verzet tegen Trump, toen nog de project ontwikkelaar. Ze weigerde haar huis in Atlantic City te verkopen ten behoeve van een casino voor o.a. Trump. Daar is vervolgens gepoogd omheen te bouwen, maar dat project is tijdens de bouw gestrand. Nail house heet het fenomeen. Het wordt anno 2017 wellicht tijd voor internationaal nail politics.

[thepartyishere]

aw man I watched 7 of the first 9 hours of the nail house livestream, went to bed (reluctantly), woke up and it's over