Day 39 - An Elevated House

This strange sight greeted me as I walked home through a blizzard of wet snow: a house on stilts. Actually, there were two houses on stilts side-by-side behind a huge muddy hole in the ground. It looks like they lifted the buildings right off their foundations, set them aside, then dug everything up.

I guess they plan to put in new foundations, perhaps even a couple of basements, then drop the houses back into place. Because of the angle of this photograph, you can't actually see the pit that lies between the photographer and the elevated building. A bizarre sight, however. I can't say the photo does it justice but it's the best I could considering light and distance issues.