<story><title>Holdout</title><url>http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/holdout/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kghose</author><text>I had Tibor Gergley&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Great Big Book of bed time stories&amp;quot;. There is a story in it called &amp;quot;Make way for the thruway&amp;quot; by Caroline Emerson. It is about an old lady who refuses to vacate her house so that they can make a highway. It has a happy ending when sympathetic construction workers build the road around her house, and she becomes the famous old lady with the pretty house next to the highway.&lt;p&gt;My favorite quote:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;ll be paid for your land,&amp;quot; said Mike.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Money isn&amp;#x27;t everything in this world,&amp;quot; said the little old lady.&lt;p&gt;Aww, heck, you guys deserve the whole paragraph:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;ll be paid for your land,&amp;quot; said Mike.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Money isn&amp;#x27;t everything in this world,&amp;quot; said the little old lady.
 ...&lt;p&gt;Next day, the Big Boss drove to the old house. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m sorry, ma&amp;#x27;am,&amp;quot; he said, &amp;quot;this house must come down.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Young man,&amp;quot; said the little old lady, &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve lived in this house for seventy years. I watched those trees grow. I planted that rose bush. I&amp;#x27;m not leaving.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;But the thruway must go through,&amp;quot; said the Big Boss. &amp;quot;People want the quickest, shortest way these days.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;What&amp;#x27;s their hurry?&amp;quot; asked the little old lady.&lt;p&gt;The Big Boss shook his head. he didn&amp;#x27;t know.&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;(After the diversion has been built)&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Oh, look at the roses!&amp;quot; people cry as they drive by. They slow down a little to look.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Hum,&amp;quot; says the little old lady to her cat, &amp;quot;they&amp;#x27;re not in such a hurry, after all.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Holdout</title><url>http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/holdout/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sjwright</author><text>A more recent photo of Edith Macefield&amp;#x27;s house:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18uugtoshe2yyjpg.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.kinja-img.com&amp;#x2F;gawker-media&amp;#x2F;image&amp;#x2F;upload&amp;#x2F;18uugtoshe2...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nice balloons. Won&amp;#x27;t quite lift the house up though.</text></comment>