Westport building officials are reviewing an application to demolish the house at 28 Manitou Road. The house is near Compo Road South. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Within hours of today’s posting as WestportNow’s Teardown of the Day, the house at 9 Ambler Road was demolished.The property sold this month for $690,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport officials issued a demolition permit on Monday for the house at 9 Ambler Road. The house sold this month for $690,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Sunday New York Times Connecticut section this week features a front-page story on Westport teardowns and cites WestportNow and its teardown feature by photographer Dave Matlow. Highlighted is 14 Sturges Commons, the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on Oct. 11 and featured as “Going Down” on Oct. 20. Pictured are Times photographer Janet Durrans and developer Rob Haroun, owner of SIR Development, which purchased the property for $1 million. The Sunday Times real estate section also mentions Westport teardowns in a feature on Westport’s efforts to regulate house sizes and to preserve historic neighborhoods. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

An application for a demolition permit is in process for the 1986-built house at 5 Pier Way Landing off of Westport’s Saugatuck Avenue. The property was purchased in March for $2,775,000 by a neighbor who lives in a contiguous waterfront property and has no plans to replace the demolished house.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The house at 14 Sturges Commons in Westport came down today. It was the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on Oct. 11.  The property changed hands last month at $1 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport officials have received an application for a demolition permit for the house at 7 North Ridge Road off North Avenue. The property changed hands last month for $1,694,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The house at 39 Danbury Ave., in Westport’s Compo Beach area, came down today. The house built in 1939 changed hands in June for $1,73 million. It was the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on March 28, 2006. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

While an application for a demolition permit is in process for the property at Westport’s 14 Sturges Commons, off Sturges Highway, preparation for its demise is already underway. The property changed hands last month for $1 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

A permit request for approval to demolish the 1943 house at 18 Bauer Place, off Old Road, was on the agenda tonight of the Westport Historic District Commission monthly meeting. The property changed hands in September for $625,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com