House in the middle of a street in an unknown area.

[KSweeley]

I just found this picture, have no clue where this was taken nor why the house is in the middle of what looks like a street: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/world/photo...8360001-p1.htm

[flyboy56]

The article says it is an apartment in the road. Not getting any more information. Sure seems odd.

[demopublican]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2178986.html

BEIJING -- In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the duck farmer who said "no."

Luo Baogen and his wife are the lone holdouts from a neighborhood that was demolished to make way for the main thoroughfare heading to a newly built railway station on the outskirts of the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province.

Dramatic images of Luo's home have circulated widely online in China this week, becoming the latest symbol of resistance in the frequent standoffs between Chinese homeowners and local officials accused of offering too little compensation to vacate neighborhoods for major redevelopment projects.

[flyboy56]

Looks like a pretty nice house for poor people.

[Eastside Terp]

it would appear that even in china the citizens have more success in standing up to the government's eminent domain property "takings" than we do here ......

[zenwalk]

it would appear that even in china the citizens have more success in standing up to the government's eminent domain property "takings" than we do here ......

I don't know that I'd count this as a victory for the homeowner. The road isn't open yet. Once a gas tanker or two makes a tunnel through the first floor I doubt it will be worth the price of firewood.

[SalisburySage]

Remains apartment hotels in the center of the four-lane road to be completed soon in a village near the city of Wenling Zhejiang Province in east China, it has become a hot topic. 22, told Reuters. ( SANKEI EXPRESS )

　And residents of apartment owners, refused to move out, "the amount of compensation that is presented is not enough" and. Family owners are not breaking the bullish stance of "I want to open a shop on the first floor of the apartment." This road is linked to the main railway station of Wenling City, it is going to be that several thousand vehicles per day pass will be completed

[Baltimatt]

The house is no more.

Remember Chinese homeowner Luo Baogen and his wife, who refused to allow the government to demolish their home in Wenling, China, leaving it stranded in a river of asphalt? (Previous entry) Apparently they have now accepted a somewhat larger offer of compensation, and the wrecking crew rolled right in. The Associated Press reported that Xiayangzhang village chief Chen Xuecai said the house was bulldozed on Saturday after Baogen agreed to accept compensation of 260,000 yuan ($41,000).