Stories behind the houses
History Notes.
Real estate history that still shows up in contracts, covenants, and curb appeal. Sears kit homes, Walt's unfinished EPCOT city, Lowcountry ground stories, and the plans that never became code.
Planned communities
The city Walt Disney never built
EPCOT was supposed to be a real city of 20,000 people, not a theme park. The facts behind the dream, and why I still wish that city would come back.
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Housing
Sears mail-order houses
From 1908 to 1940, America bought homes from a catalog. The facts, the mortgages, how to spot one, and why I still love Sears houses.
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- The land beneath CharlestonLowcountry
- Almost 20 years later, Johns Island is not what was plannedPlans vs code
- HOA fees in Charleston master-planned communitiesCovenants
- What you can't change in a Charleston historic districtBAR
- Skeletons in the closet (Substack)External
- Lights, camera, haunting (Substack)External