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The federal government, a pink house, will be demolished on the Massachusetts coast, which is loved by generations of artists and romances, and ends a battle that has lasted years to save it.
The American wildlife service and wildlife, which owns the home, confirmed the plan on Friday. This came four months after the state governor, Mora Healy intervened to try to save the house last autumn, hours before its demolition. The talks were followed by government officials and federal officials, but no plan to keep the house in Newopi, Mas.
In a statement, fish and wildlife said that demolition would occur by March 31. The house sits on the edge of a Wildlife shelterAnd the timing, as the statement said, is intended to “coincide with the return of an estimated type of 300 types of migratory birds” to the spring and summer shelter.
“After a comprehensive effort and cooperation between all parties, the transmission of the structure cannot be achieved in the end,” the statement said. “The building is currently in a state of deterioration and poses risks to refugee employees, wildlife and neighboring salt swamps.”
The Federal Agency acquired the structure, known as Pink House, in 2011, when she bought nine acres of the ocean from the last private owner of the house. Fish officials and wildlife previously said that the 99 -year -old had attracted saboteurs It requires costly maintenanceHe sits in an active flood area.
Mrs. Healy expressed regret the decision in a statement on Friday, and described the house as a “popular player” and “a special part of history, culture and fabric” in the coastal region north of Boston.
The ruler, who grew up nearby in the south of New Hampshire, calculated herself among the home fans of you who have long been proud of his familiar presence before the bridge to the island of Bloom, a famous place for daily trips and holidays.
Artists and photographers often seized the house at sunrise or sunset, when the surrounding sky reflects its light shades of pink. For many whose childhood summer revolves around trips to the beach on the island of Bloom, it goes through the pink house and the roof dome that indicates its arrival at a beloved place.
Rocheil Joseph, director of support for Pink House, a non -profit group that fought to save the house since the suggestion of its demolition for the first time in 2015, said the group’s endeavor symbolizes something greater than one building that was brought up.
She said: “The rejectionists can say that there are much more important issues, but this was a testimony to culture, and the idea is that these things are also important, in this ugly world – for this reason we fought hard.” “All of these people were fighting for a good, gentle and beautiful thing, and we do not want the message to be good and cannot prevail.”
Ms. Joseph said that the supporters of the house continued to come up with new ideas to save her, including by keeping her from the Wildlife Reserve, until the final decision was issued.
The land was there, and the money was there; she said: “The city wanted to return and the ruler wanted to save it, but fish and wildlife did not want a solution.”
In its statement, the agency said that the removal of the house will allow it to restore habitats for species such as Saltmarsh Sparrow and create a wildlife show area.
A hundred -year -old birthday, which was built in 1925, will continue to celebrate in June with a “unjust spirit” Facebook post on Friday from the Mrs. Joseph Group.
The group expressed its gratitude to Mrs. Healy, for an unknown donor who offered a million dollars to help save the house, and for those who “went out to visit, photograph and draw it in all seasons, under the moon, Rillion Wii, the northern lights, sunset and sunset.”