Federal standards restrict how and where historic homeowners in Pass-a-Grille, Fla., can build.
July 10, 2008
In the last 10 years, increasing property values and federal flood regulations have created a different kind of storm, and historic homes are disappearing one by one, to be replaced by multistory mansions.
“There’s still that Pass-a-Grille feel,” said real estate agent Frank Hurley, who also is chairman of the local historic preservation board. “But so many of the of the little cottages have disappeared.”
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