by Sears Homes | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When I visited Hopewell in 2003 (to give a talk), I was shown a well-publicized brochure touting 44 Sears Homes in Crescent Hills. As mentioned in several other blogs (here, here and here), I feel strongly that they’re wrong about 36 of those houses. In my...
by Sears Homes | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in a prior blog, Sesame Street children are familiar with a toe-tapping ditty that helps them learn how to observe what makes things similar and dissimilar. Those same life lessons are of inestimable value in identifying and authenticating Sears Homes. In...
by Sears Homes | Jan 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Since I moved to Norfolk in September 2006, the 16 identical bungalows on Ethel Avenue have been whispering my name, and imploring me to come close, and learn more about their unique origins. Problem was, I could never quite make out what they were saying. For years,...
by Sears Homes | Apr 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Last night, a friend called and asked about my recent travels. I told her I’d visited Danville, Lynchburg and Hopewell, Virginia. . She quickly replied, “Hopewell?! I thought you were banned from that city!” She’s a funny girl, that one. When...
by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in prior posts, Hopewell, Virginia is the proud owner of eight bona fide Sears homes in the Crescent Hills area. That’s well and good, but they also have entire neighborhoods of Aladdin kit homes in other parts of Hopewell. It’s a puzzle...
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