On Saturday, The New York Times put Ballard’s famous “Up” house on the front page, with a sweet kiss of a story that sought to update the status of the late Edith Macefield’s bungalow, which she refused to sell to developers. “She stood her ground,” says one visitor. “She created this gouge in the infrastructure.” The Oregonian filed its own version this morning’s edition. But neither captures the nuance or legend-puncturing of Crosscut’s report last week, by Brian Hagenbuch:” The real story behind Ballard’s ‘anti-development icon.’”
Meanwhile, the Guardian glorified China's version of this phenomenon ("nail houses”) in a terrific photo gallery.