{"id":248,"date":"2014-08-14T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/?p=248"},"modified":"2023-11-04T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T22:07:28","slug":"you-can-go-home-again-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/you-can-go-home-again-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"You can\u2019t go home again\u2026 except now you can, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-620x233.jpg\" alt=\"The homestead sometime in the late 1970s\/early 80s (left) and in 2012 (right).\" class=\"wp-image-251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-620x233.jpg 620w, https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-940x353.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The homestead sometime in the late 1970s\/early 80s (left) and in 2013 (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in time for another&nbsp;Throwback Thursday #TBT flashback\/flashforward. In the latest&nbsp;incarnation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190501135456\/http:\/\/www.zillow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zillow<\/a>&nbsp;sales histories are online, including photos and descriptions from past marketing listings. So I went back to the house that I spent the bulk of my childhood in, from Kindergarten through sophomore year in high school. Turns out it was most recently on the market in early 2013, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190501135456\/http:\/\/www.zillow.com\/homedetails\/6713-N-82nd-Pl-Scottsdale-AZ-85250\/7856746_zpid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the photos and description<\/a>&nbsp;remain online. The link is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190501135456\/http:\/\/www.zillow.com\/homedetails\/6713-N-82nd-Pl-Scottsdale-AZ-85250\/7856746_zpid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going through the interior shots, the house has been freshened with new carpets, paint and finishes, but still looks remarkably similar to how it was 30+ years ago. Even the front door is the same. The kitchen has the same cabinets, just painted white and with new appliances. The pool is the same, except for having added a perimeter fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-2-940x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-2-940x353.jpg 940w, https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-2-620x233.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Being very\u00a0eco-70s,\u00a0our family chose to have\u00a0live Christmas trees each year and planted them in the back yard after the holidays. A couple of the trees remain, though much bigger than when they stood in the living room!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"353\" src=\"http:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-3-940x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-3-940x353.jpg 940w, https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6713-3-620x233.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in time for another&nbsp;Throwback Thursday #TBT flashback\/flashforward. In the latest&nbsp;incarnation of&nbsp;Zillow&nbsp;sales histories are online, including photos and descriptions from past marketing listings. So I went back to the house that I spent the bulk of my childhood in, from Kindergarten through sophomore year in high school. Turns out it was most recently on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11,12],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-throwback-thursday","tag-hallcraft","tag-park-scottsdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevingardiner.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}