tldr: The house was originally built by a now famous architect. Over the years it had been extensively remodeled and was in poor shape. The city is using a

tldr: The house was originally built by a now famous architect. Over the years it had been extensively remodeled and was in poor shape. The city is using a dispute to force a private citizen to restore the building to its original state, even though it was far from that and not in good shape when he bought it.