The story:
"Since the treehouse was built on crown land, I don’t technically own it, and so its fate is uncertain. For three years I kept the HemLoft secret, but now that I’m finished, I’ve found myself wanting to share it. I even shared it with a big glossy magazine! Coming out of the bush about the HemLoft is fun, however it poses a few problems; if people know about it, they might try to find it. And if the wrong people find it, they may make me take it down."
"It took a lot of work to build it, and I’d rather not take it down, just yet. So I’ve been thinking of ways to expose the HemLoft, while somehow making it legal. To the best of my knowledge, Squatting on Whistler Mountain, beneath some of Western Canada’s most luxurious mega-homes would not be looked favourably upon. However, I’ve thought of a few ideas that might be… I’d like you to read the ideas below and vote on the one you think I should do!"
Meh, it is a nice place, neat looking, but I don't see a strong reason to classify it as a national monument or art project worthy of preserving.
What happens in 5 years after the creator has moved to a new thing? Just let it sit there as a derelict building in the middle of a national forest? Why not let people put mobile homes up there then?
I think the quotes you've selected are probably some of the most uninteresting quotes in the whole piece. They certainly don't seem like "the story" to me.
I read it as a story about someone who had a passion to build something that was unconventional, or at least outside of existing support structures, and managed to actually do it. Managed to do it really beautifully and really well.
Why instantly reduce a story about someone doing something so potentially inspiring to a question of its marginal legality?
If I was in charge I'd congratulate the guy, then seize the building and make it a rest stop for hikers and stuff. It's definitely neat enough (in my opinion) to dedicate a little bit of time to provided it's publicly accessible.
It's not on or even really near any existing trail that would make it useful as a rest stop for hikers. It's about 300m from the road up to a bunch of the most expensive houses in whister, and anybody who can find it can stop in.
There's no need to 'seize' it, just leave it as is. which is exactly what's happening - it's been sitting there for a couple years now and nobody has torn it down, seized it, vandalized it, broken it, or hurt it in any other way. It just sits there as an interesting artifact for anybody who wants to stop by and take a look.
"It took a lot of work to build it, and I’d rather not take it down, just yet. So I’ve been thinking of ways to expose the HemLoft, while somehow making it legal. To the best of my knowledge, Squatting on Whistler Mountain, beneath some of Western Canada’s most luxurious mega-homes would not be looked favourably upon. However, I’ve thought of a few ideas that might be… I’d like you to read the ideas below and vote on the one you think I should do!"
Also, I had to find a mirror to see it (http://solarburrito.com/blog/2012/04/09/the-hemloft-secret-t...) just to get some ideas on what it was, as well as a map (http://goo.gl/maps/iof7T) of where it was located.
Meh, it is a nice place, neat looking, but I don't see a strong reason to classify it as a national monument or art project worthy of preserving.
What happens in 5 years after the creator has moved to a new thing? Just let it sit there as a derelict building in the middle of a national forest? Why not let people put mobile homes up there then?