Steve Jobs Demolishes Historic Home

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    In 1984 Jobs lived in this home, he was even on the cover of Newsweek on the property. So at a time it was of perfect condition. However he has let it fall into the disrepair we see in these pictures above.

    Yes the property is his, however by California law this property has been deemed to be of historic value, therefore deeming Jobs not able to demolish the home.

    "On September 23rd, 2005 our case was heard before the Superior Court of the State of California in San Mateo County. The Judge asked Jobs' lawyer why baseline evidence was lacking to justify destruction of heritage. She asked if his client was basically unwilling to spend even $1 to mitigate for this loss to State heritage. Judge Weiner reiterated the need for evidence, noted that doors had been removed, and that the Town CAN penalize demolition by neglect. "

    So he decides to abandon the home, and have it fall into disrepair so it could possibly be taken off the deemed for historic value list.

    Maybe this is how billionaires do things. But this seems like a big fucking waste of time and money and a historic place.

    Here is more info on the architect:
    George Washington Smith: Architect of the Spanish Colonial Revival. (Gibbs' Smith Publishers, December, 2005) Author and historian Patricia Gebhard is a member of UOH

    George Washington Smith is one of only NINE great California estate designers acknowledged in "The Garden Book" (Phaidon, 2002). Smith gets a full page in the book, along with the world's most important designers of palaces, châteaux, country houses, including Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the designers of the Alhambra, the Imperial Palace and Gardens in Tokyo, and Versailles!

    The Jackling House offers distinguished provenance and history. Visitors have included Charles Lindbergh, Shirley Temple, Mr and Mrs Richard Nixon, and a main character in Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test"

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    • "a main character"ismith
    • So that was a whole lot of words to say "Jobs is an asshole" essentially.TheBlueOne
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