This is the way, we "preserve" in Scarsdale. Schedule a meeting of the Committee for Historic Preservation and vote to have houses almost 100 years old demolished...
If a Committee deems its course ridiculous, since they could not preserve any houses and resigns, the Village Board appoints a more congenial board just as soon... New agents of destruction appear diligently performing their "civic" duty.
Even if the Committee deems a house historic, the VB often overturns their decision... In the meanwhile the perplexed and uninitiated think Scarsdale is protected with a "Committee for Historic Preservation"..
Committee for Historic Hypocrisy...
N.B. I support a demolition when and if, the land the house was on is returned back to nature, increasing wildlife habitat and green space. But no one, that I know of in my 26 years here, has done that yet..
This meeting is missing on the official Scarsdale.com site as of this writing. Wonder why ?...
It is not on the agenda... Still on December 31st at 10:42 a.m. EST.
Last revised 10:43 a.m. EST, December 31, 2017.