Comments on: My Childhood Dream House http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/ ~ all shades of beautiful Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:40:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lois http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-196397 Lois Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:51:44 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-196397 Hi, my mother is a Bossiere, I have been into it many times while my mothers Aunts still lived there. It is a fab place and if I had the money would by it in a heartbeat even though I no longer live in Trinidad. Whoever does buy it please let me know if you plan to tear it down because there is one little childhood memory in there that I would really love to have. It deserves to be loved and restored, not torn down. Hi, my mother is a Bossiere, I have been into it many times while my mothers Aunts still lived there. It is a fab place and if I had the money would by it in a heartbeat even though I no longer live in Trinidad. Whoever does buy it please let me know if you plan to tear it down because there is one little childhood memory in there that I would really love to have. It deserves to be loved and restored, not torn down.

]]> By: pets http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-106097 pets Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:38:45 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-106097 Sorry..meant "its intention..) Sorry..meant “its intention..)

]]> By: pets http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-106091 pets Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:08:10 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-106091 FYI - & Updates 1. National Trust advertised it's intention to list house. 2. Erica Williams, daughter of founding PNM Prime Minister Eric William (whose Mother is was a Boissiere) has asked the current PNM Governemnt to house the Eric Williams collection in the house & open up house to the public. Eric's mother is descended from the Count De Boissiere. The Count's direct male descendant known as John Boissiere had a relationship with a slave called Ma Zu Zule had a relationship & he gave her the house as a token of his love. FYI – & Updates

1. National Trust advertised it’s intention to list house.
2. Erica Williams, daughter of founding PNM Prime Minister Eric William (whose Mother is was a Boissiere) has asked the current PNM Governemnt to house the Eric Williams collection in the house & open up house to the public.

Eric’s mother is descended from the Count De Boissiere. The Count’s direct male descendant known as John Boissiere had a relationship with a slave called Ma Zu Zule had a relationship & he gave her the house as a token of his love.

]]> By: Felecia http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-104115 Felecia Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:46:12 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-104115 I was just in T&T this summer, visiting home. I was shocked at how rundown they've allowed the homes around the Savannah especially since there is a lot of development in and around Maraval. I honestly thought this was declared landmark property and all buyers had to restore the homes to maintain it's heritage. The University looks awful. It was sad for me, primarily because I took my children for the first time to see Trinidad and Port-of-Spain, particularly the Queen's Savannah because it's the best and I had so many wonderful memories walking around and going through the park. I guess with so many Trinis leaving it's the developers moving in. It's the catch-22, not enough economy to sustain us in Trinidad and not enough earnings in Europe and US to go back and take care of what's ours. I was just in T&T this summer, visiting home. I was shocked at how rundown they’ve allowed the homes around the Savannah especially since there is a lot of development in and around Maraval. I honestly thought this was declared landmark property and all buyers had to restore the homes to maintain it’s heritage. The University looks awful. It was sad for me, primarily because I took my children for the first time to see Trinidad and Port-of-Spain, particularly the Queen’s Savannah because it’s the best and I had so many wonderful memories walking around and going through the park. I guess with so many Trinis leaving it’s the developers moving in. It’s the catch-22, not enough economy to sustain us in Trinidad and not enough earnings in Europe and US to go back and take care of what’s ours.

]]> By: kris http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-104102 kris Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:43:04 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-104102 I want to go photograph the house this weekend. It CANNOT be sold to someone who is going to tear it down. But i have a feeling that little house has big energy and a huge spirit and that along with the incredible architecture has made so many people fall in love with it. I like to think of it as ' The little house that CAN'. I didn't realise u were trini! look ting! lol I want to go photograph the house this weekend. It CANNOT be sold to someone who is going to tear it down. But i have a feeling that little house has big energy and a huge spirit and that along with the incredible architecture has made so many people fall in love with it.
I like to think of it as ‘ The little house that CAN’.
I didn’t realise u were trini! look ting! lol

]]> By: LB http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-103826 LB Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:56:15 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-103826 Wow, now I won't get a chance to see this building in person...what a bummer. I hope the Boissiere House can be saved for it's beauty and rich history. Wow, now I won’t get a chance to see this building in person…what a bummer. I hope the Boissiere House can be saved for it’s beauty and rich history.

]]> By: Esteban Agosto Reid http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-103729 Esteban Agosto Reid Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:02:48 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-103729 Yes Hoorah,they pave paradise,and put up a parking lot!!Hopefully, in this particular case the Boisserie House will be saved.RESPECT!! Yes Hoorah,they pave paradise,and put up a parking lot!!Hopefully, in this particular case the Boisserie House will be saved.RESPECT!!

]]> By: hoorah http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-103690 hoorah Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:13:43 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-103690 They pave paradise, and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell said it all, and we still aren't listening. Do we really need more luxury condos and cookie cutter suburban neighborhoods where every home layout is the same? Right down to the landscaping? *sigh* They pave paradise, and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell said it all, and we still aren’t listening. Do we really need more luxury condos and cookie cutter suburban neighborhoods where every home layout is the same? Right down to the landscaping?

*sigh*

]]> By: jessica http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-103677 jessica Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:54:50 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-103677 i have similar/parallel feelings regarding some of the gentrification projects in Brooklyn because "Manhattan is so five minutes ago"? i have similar/parallel feelings regarding some of the gentrification projects in Brooklyn because “Manhattan is so five minutes ago”?

]]> By: nyc/caribbean ragazza http://www.afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/comment-page-1/#comment-103625 nyc/caribbean ragazza Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:49:37 +0000 http://afrobella.com/2008/02/18/my-childhood-dream-house/#comment-103625 Bella, the same thing is going on in St. Martin. The French side is not so bad because there are zoning laws, they use Euros and there are property taxes. The Dutch side used American dollars (so it's cheaper for Americans to buy vacation property), has no zoning or taxes. I swear that side of the island is going to be nothing but concrete if the building doesn't slow down. The traffic is getting worse, crime is skyrocketting, and the island's flavor is turning into some kind of Vegas b.s. It's sad. Bella, the same thing is going on in St. Martin. The French side is not so bad because there are zoning laws, they use Euros and there are property taxes. The Dutch side used American dollars (so it’s cheaper for Americans to buy vacation property), has no zoning or taxes. I swear that side of the island is going to be nothing but concrete if the building doesn’t slow down.

The traffic is getting worse, crime is skyrocketting, and the island’s flavor is turning into some kind of Vegas b.s. It’s sad.

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