A friend and I saw the Victorian Englander House that was moved Sunday from Franklin to Fulton. (I'm sorry that we didn't know about it in time to watch the move itself.) It has its house number 807 on it but will be renamed 635. It was interesting to see the blocks it was put on for the move, the workers lunching, the mortuary that was moved over to make room, and the block it's now on. It had been next door to Shell Service Station on Franklin
. Now it's diagonally across from the Buchanan Mall (a gazebo, etc) and the African American Art and Culture Complex and a housing project, speaking of projects (like moving a house four blocks).
Then we went to see the 8,000 ton Commerce High School that had to be moved in 1913 to make room for the Civic Center. They "slid" it down the road a few feet at a time on steel rollers, and that move took seven months! We couldn't believe how mammoth it is. We also noted that even though 170 Fell Street is etched in stone, Commerce High School is the brown building, not the white one in the photos. I should make clear that I included one photo I didn't take because it shows the house at an angle I can't.
After Erika and her dog Misou went on, I went back to the site where it was moved from, and it was all boarded up, of course, but it will be interesting to see the 8-floor, 48-unit rental as it develops. I also took a closer look at the African American Art and Culture Complex.