Demolition of "Historical Landmark" of Music

When CBGB, of New York City's Bowery, closed in 2006, people mourned. Important historical moments had taken place in what became the center of punk music in the '70s. But some designer wanted to move in, and could pay the sky-high rent, and CBGB packed up and moved to Vegas.

Now, fans of '70s group The Carpenters are distressed at plans to demolish the former family home of musical siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. They preserved Graceland for Elvis, what's the deal?

Current owners of the residence, however, are sick of all the fans that gather round the house and leave flowers for their musical heroes. The house was immortalized on The Carpenters' 1973 album, Now & Then, and it included an adjoining house that served as a recording studio, which has already been destroyed.

The house is located in Downey, south of Los Angeles, where 57-year-old fan and writer Jon Konjoyan is leading a campaign to save what's left of the house from destruction. The family that lives there feels that it is unfair to ask them to turn their home into a historic landmark, and that the constant presence and curiosity of fans is intrusive.

The house belonged to the Carpenter family from 1963 to 1997.