Not making friends with the neighbors

I was standing there taking the top photo, trying to figure out why there's that weird bevel in the the floor lay out (some kind of loft?) when a random local came over to tell me that at some point the rear wall of the building fell over onto the neighboring house (lower picture) crushing the roof. The old house was subsequently condemned and the residents had to move out - or so went the tale from this local. When I remarked about the odd looking diagonal corner on the new building he made a Bronx cheer.
(Random photoblogging note: Photoblogging with a baby in a stroller draws a lot more friendly reaction than walking around alone.)