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Article from The Guardian newspaper. Just this last weekend a multistory Victorian house in San Francisco was lifted from its foundation, put onto wheels, and shuffled through the city streets to a new location.

The story expands to a photo-essay of other Victorians houses that have been moved in similar fashion across the decades. Full article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/23/san-francisco-victorian-house-moved

The best of the house-moving photography is in one of the article's links, posted below.

From photographer David Glass (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Photo-essay about the Victorian houses of San Francisco... - vacuous 13:28:02 02/24/21 ( 3)

"SF Heritage and ... identified 12 Victorians to preserve (out of thousands)" - Dave_K 04:35:36 02/25/21 ( 0)
Provides a new meaning to "parade of homes." - free.ranger 20:14:35 02/24/21 ( 1)
- What an undertaking. One gloomy Saturday, 20-ish years ago, when I was out there on an extended business trip, - Road Warrior 23:11:15 02/24/21 ( 0)