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Steve Jobs to give away house

The recurring “Save This Old House” column in the current issue of This Old House magazine (October 2004) features a home owned by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. As reported back in June, Jobs wanted to tear down the Spanish Colonial mansion in Woodside, California, because he claims it is a dump and is in need of a lot of work. But he is now apparently giving away the home to anyone who will move it. “Jobs wants to build a smaller house and initially planned to demolish the mansion.

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Preservationists fight with Jobs over house

The New York Times has an extensive article on Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ plan to tear down a 17,000 square foot home that he owns in Woodside, California. “In what could become America’s highest-profile tear-down, Jobs, the Apple and Pixar chief executive, is seeking this town’s permission to hit the delete button on the 1926 Daniel C. Jackling estate, a moldering manse designed by George Washington Smith, the architect who created the look of Montecito and Santa Barbara in the 1920’s…

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