Lileks photographs an eminent domain seizure

Houses Sacrificed for the Best Buy HQ:

Before the houses were demolished I swung by and shot a few rolls; the sight of these perfectly good 60s houses standing naked & empty behind wire fences was somehow disturbing, as if something horrible had happened here. In the long view, nothing horrible happened at all; in the long view, the land was reused for a more profitable purpose. Sprawl was converted into density, which is what the New Urbanists want, after all. In the long view this is probably a wonderful turn of events. I can say that because these weren'’t my homes. Even so: I won’t say it.

Lileks took this series of photos a while ago, but it is certainly timely to look at them now. The houses aren't the nicest in the world, but it certainly appeared to be a pretty decent neighborhood before it was seized.