Comments on: Inside Steve Jobs' tear-down mansion

By: Tom, Philadelphia PA

Tom, Philadelphia PA — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:04:56 +0000

I love old homes but that place is just ugly. Is that really the foyer as in the main entrance? It looks like the servants' stair with one more flight down to reach the root cellar just out of the picture. Its a shame it wasn't gutted and razed years ago. That would at least have removed much of what preservationists feel is so wonderful before it was damaged.

By: Catherine, Philadelphia, PA

Catherine, Philadelphia, PA — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:32:53 +0000

I think this would be a GREAT project for "This Old House."

By: Vleonica Roberts Kingma, AZ

Vleonica Roberts Kingma, AZ — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:04:30 +0000

I am currently seeking a grant that would begin a business putting some 250+ disabled & 50 & older people to work; people who otherwise can't secure work due to their disability &/or age. Part of their job can be to restore the place to suit our purpose, then continue to their new type of job on the premises. It would be a great gift to these people if Mr. Jobs would donate the house & grounds to us for this purpose. We wouldn't mind if apple then donated, as a grant the funds need to fix it up & then get the business going. We're only looking for 10 million. Chump change for Apple. The change it would make in these people lives however, would be ever lasting. Moreover the business itself would bring a great deal of joy to the thousands who come to visit for a few days. At the price being so reasonable, most everyone could afford it. Can't you see it now. 250+ disable people, persons over 50, homeless people who can't get the SSDI or SSI because they have no place to live, some are Veterans. I should think that a BIG outfit like Apple could help & someone with a property such as this that they don't want, & solvent not to need the money from a sale, a man who can live anywhere he wants, could find it in their/his heart to help. I can be reached via email at vleonica@vleonica.com I'm the ONLY vleonica there is. I'm also Bartholomew Roberts' Champion, so I'm rather easy to track down.

By: wilbur, melbourne, australia.

wilbur, melbourne, australia. — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:08:13 +0000

the quicker you bowl this dump over and put up some condos, the better. bring in the dozers and start swinging that wreckin' ball.

By: Lauren, Loudoun, VA

Lauren, Loudoun, VA — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:12:08 +0000

For the record Mr. Michael in Miami, I am a conservative always, an Episcopalian frequently and a Republican sometimes. You are an ignorant individual – begone thou tottering rough-hewn flirt-gill.

Mr. Jobs impresses me as someone who would gleefully tear down Montpelier, Monticello and Mount Vernon on the pretext that the plumbing is old and inefficient; they are just too costly to restore or maintain. His lack of taste and creative vision is outdone by his fickle nature. He loves the home enough purchase it, then not enough to maintain it as habitable even with his more than adequate financial resources? Perhaps it's my lack of that uniquely Californian gullibility, but this granny doesn't buy his specious argument. Neither should anyone else. I live on the East Coast. We still respect some traditions – especially the preservation of historic architecture. And most especially when we have knowingly commited ourselves to its preservation through a purely voluntary purchase. Certainly Jobs was on notice that the home had some historical significance and may even, if he decided to suddenly be honest about it, have contributed to his decision to purchase the home. I would appreciate his honesty and a little integrity in dealing with this situation. He hasn't demonstrated any.

I do not assert the Jackling House is on a par with Mount Vernon or any other structure connected to this nation's founding. Some things are worth preserving merely because they are connected to people and events long past, or in this case, a noted architect, not because of any intrinsic stylistic value.

He claims the home is dreary and run-down and therefore ought to be replaced by a home constructed of recycled tin foil and sheep dip. Oh yes, I’m sure that will be absolutely lovely! No eyesore there! Which brings me to a final confession as a conservative sometime Republican – anything that causes inconvenience, cost and suffering to a man who helped elect our current communist-in-chief is worth my full, unyielding and most generous pecuniary support. To those so passionate about preserving his private property rights: How passionately would this individual defend yours?

Long live Schadenfreude.

By: Margaret Cabral, Norwalk,CT

Margaret Cabral, Norwalk,CT — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:32:21 +0000

Steve Jobs can contact me who would love to have this mansion and some land for it and the move which will be about the same as pulling it down.
Plus I will give Steve Jobs a % in my fundraiser which would be more then what he will give me in the mansion, buying the land and fixing the mansion like new with the organ fixed . We could make a deal I need a home and he wants to get it off his land and the fund raiser people love Steve Jobs so people will buy tickets for it and help cancer patients MDA patients
Ms Margaret Cabral,
14 Elmcrest Terrace, Apt 8
Norwalk, CT 06850-3928
Steve Jobs can contact me on this mansion he wants to get off his land.

By: Margaret Cabral Norwalk, CT

Margaret Cabral Norwalk, CT — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:03:14 +0000

Steve Jobs wants to tear-down this mansion. Why not donate this mansion and buy land somewhere close and give it to someone like me whos a M.S. cripple with a wheelchair who will gladly take it to be fixed on another property .
I am trying to start a business to help disabled people have opportunity to make money plus start a fund raiser for charity for disabled children, and cancer patiets. I will gladly give Steve Jobs a % in my fund raiser if he gives me the mansion, buys the land and fixed the mansion like new which will allow me to start my fund raiser.

By: Woodside, CA

Woodside, CA — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:32:21 +0000

LET THE GUY TEAR DOWN THIS PLACE! It's run down and dirty and who really cares about "Jackling". Nobody!

By: ktop, california

ktop, california — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:10:22 +0000

Hello to All,

I love this house. If we could get a tour going I'd be there and pay an admission fee.

Just looking at the organ makes me weep. I remember a man from town that came in "without pay" just to tune it.

Please let me know if a tour is possible because I think this is a great house!

By: Harper - Tacoma, WA

Harper - Tacoma, WA — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:01:09 +0000

Its his house…like what was pointed out, some folks care for a house, some dont. In its current state, it does not look like a restore project. I think though, to make the local "historical" folks happy, do a salvage job on it. Sell off the cabinets, door knobs, organ, etc… Demo what is left and life goes on. Is it sad that it came to this, yes…Is it too late, yes (sigh)