Ground staked out in Oakwood home debate

ASSEMBLY FROM CARTHAGE, AND

FORCING CHARGES IN SEVEN LAKES.

>>> A CONTEMPORARY HOME IN

OAKWOOD IN RALEIGH, SOME

NEIGHBORS SAY THE HOUSE DOESN'T

FIT AND COMPLAIN TO THE CITY.

THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT RULED THE

PERMITS REVERSED, HOWEVER THE

ISSUE STILL IS NOT SOLVED.

TODAY, EACH SIDE AIRED THEIR

GRIEVANCES.

>> IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FILLED WITH

GINGER BREAD ARCHITECTURE AND

CENTURY OLD HOUSES, PERHAPS IT'S

NO SURPRISE THIS STORY SOUNDS

LIKE A TALE BY THE BROTHER'S

GRIMM.

>> WE'RE VERY DISHEARTENDED.

>> IT'S REALLY STRESSFUL TO

BUILD A HOUSE.

>> EACH SIDE SETTLING IN FOR A

TOUGH GROUP AHEAD.

>> WE'RE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS

THAT ARE VERY CONSERVE BODY

PRESERVING THE -- CONSERVED

ABOUT PRESERVING THE CHARACTER

OF OUR DISTRICT.

>> SHOULD THIS MODERN HOUSE,

WITH LARGE ANGELS AND WINDOWS

STAY.

>> THE SPIRIT OF OAKWOOD IS NOT

TO FREEZE EVERY STRUCTURE IN

TIME, BUT CONTRIBUTE IN A

DIVERSITY OF SCALE, HOUSE TYPE,

DESIGN, AND MATERIALS.

>> OR SHOULD IT BE TORN DOWN,

MODIFIED, CHANGED TO KEEP IT IN

LINE WITH THE OLD GUARD?

>> WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE

BONES AND DETAILS OF THESE

HOMES, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS

NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT IT IS.

>> THERE ARE MANY PAGES OF THIS

STORY STILL TO TURN AS BOTH

SIDES EGRESS FOR THAT ILLUSIVE

ENDING.

>> PASSIONS WILL FLAIR JUST LIKE

BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

>> ALL OF THE DIVISIVENESS WELL

BE SMOOTHED OVER.

>> THERE WILL BE A POINT IN TIME

WHEN THIS RESOLVES, TIME WILL

PASS.

WE'LL BE FINE.

>> AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE, IN

FRONT OF THE HOME, THEY

ANNOUNCED THEY'RE SETTING UP A

FUND FOR THESE AND OTHER MODERN

HOMEOWNERS TO USE TO FIGHT THESE