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The Record: Letters, July 27, 2012
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | 10 months ago
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Built by Peter DeBaun, one of the Emerson area's original settlers, it likely dates back to the 1770s. With the legion's decision to sell both the building and the property, the clock is now ticking on this historic treasure. But the DeBaun home need
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Kelly: Shameful final chapter for Paramus landmark
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | 10 months ago
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Something once strong is broken, reduced to dust and cracked wood and stone. But what happened this month on a quiet street in Paramus goes far beyond rubble. The debris from this incident is about memory and how we value it...A developer wanted to
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Lost history
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | 10 months ago
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Saving old buildings, on the other hand, requires a different set of talents...The latest victim of the developers' backhoe is the Zabriskie Tenant House in Paramus . Neighbors and preservationists worked hard over the years to save it. But on one
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Demolition of historic Zabriskie house in Paramus begins
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | 10 months ago
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The Record Demolition began Friday of the Zabriskie Tenant House in Paramus , a historic building that dated to 1786 and was once home to former slaves and their descendants. I feel like I'm at a funeral, said Bergen County Freeholder Director John
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History going
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | over 1 year ago
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It's curtains for the Zabriskie-Wessels Board slave house in Paramus . A Superior Court judge has ruled that the Planning Board's approval of an application to knock down the historic structure was reasonable, Staff Writer Karen Sudol reports. With
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Saving history
Wyckoff :: NJ :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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In the spring, the borough Planning Board gave approval to a developer to tear down the 250-year-old structure and build two luxury homes in its stead. It was a dismal fate for a house thought to have been used as tenant quarters for freed slaves
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Historical loss
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | 2 years ago
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The Zabriskie tenant house will be razed to make way for yet more luxury homes in Paramus . Apparently, listings on the National Register of Historic Places and the Bergen County Historic Sites Survey do nothing to protect a place from the wrecking
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Paramus board clears way for demolition of historic Zabriskie house
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | 2 years ago
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A 250-year-old borough house listed on local, state and national historic registries will be demolished to make way for a pair of luxury residences, the borough Planning Board determined Thursday. The board voted unanimously to approve Paramus -based
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Fighting for future of house with a past
Paramus :: NJ :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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A proposal to raze a house linked to Bergen County's historical freed slave community is rallying a group of opponents who say they can trace their ancestors to the former slaves and wealthy white landowners who lived there 200 years ago. Opponents
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