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Joye Brown: How did a historic house fall victim to cleanup crew?

Now you see it, now you don't. And that's just how the historic Mott House in Coram came a-crumbling down.

All it took was three days and a crew of contract workers laboring last week under the direction of Brookhaven's parks, recreation, sports and cultural resources department.

And now the community has lost a building that not only was a window into 19th century architecture and construction...

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