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Seattle:
When 86-year-old Edith Macefield refused a $1 million offer to move from her Seattle home, a developer started building a five-story project around it.
Macefield said that she doesn't need the money and that she doesn't want to move from her home, where she has lived since 1966. A concrete wall looms within feet of her kitchen window as the project rises.
Macefield's 108-year-old house is the last home on the block near the Ballard bridge.
Macefield said that she doesn't mind the noise of the construction site.
Construction workers watch out for Macefield, particularly superintendent Barry Martin who says it's like having your grandmother around.
While I don't think this addresses the larger issue of infringing on one of Locke's natural rights of property, I think this is a novel compromise, and I wonder if they got their idea from the film "Batteries not Included." Just putting it out there.....
