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Ml 1 Ml fl lXfv Bikers can clean up after Builders Show 1 liWfi' Last year, as the Builders Show closed at Cobo Center, one man bought an entire landscape display, including the installation. "He said, 'Just take it out of here, and bring it to my address says Rosalie Lamb, the show's operations manager. That's an extreme, but many people will defy today's closing crowds to buy up the landscape materials flowers, shrubs, trees, even stones and pavers. Most landscapers don't want to haul them home. The sale starts at 4 p.m.

in the landscape section. Buyers have till about 7 p.m. to get their purchases at a loading dock. Another late-day event is the auction of all flower arrangements. The flowers, of course, may be drooping by now, but the containers and permanent decorations are still good, and proceeds go to charity.

The show is open 11-6 today. Tickets are $6 or $4 for seniors and ages 6-12. Inside story on windows s- -1 1 x- V. 1 I .,1 I' GEORGE WALDMANDetrolt Free Press Joyce Jordon's youngest son, Michael, was killed at a neighbor's home. She holds his son, also named Michael.

If new windows intimidate you, the Builders Show is a good place to look at a wide variety and get more comfortable. You can look, slam, open or lock until you get the feel of many brands. You can also look at the cutaway cross sections to see what goes into the construction, which varies JL O.OL WITH A widely. Velux's Model GGL has If you look at an overhead control bar a dozen cLross that allows easy SfS.116 opening and closing. by Maureen Mcdonald Free Press Special Writer rii '-'-j ir'i rZ It If! 1 If i I Imprint of a tragedy can linger long after the event lene Hirsch opened her Ferndale town-house door one morning to find two police cars and a hearse.

Her next-door neighbor, an ex-convict, had hanged himself in his basement. When investigators sorted his personal effects, they found several of Hirsch's belongings, including stolen credit cards, purses and a Florida seashell. She shiv better prepared to evaluate claims by window makers. Here are some highlights of window displays at the Builders Show: Andersen Windows Co. is the best-known good brand.

You can study these and compare other windows. Pozzi Wood Windows is a little-known high-end company in Walled Lake with some fine looking styles, including prairie style, and a lot of wood used in construction. Wallside Windows is a large Michigan company that makes vinyl replacement windows. Wallside has set up many different Windows so you can crank out the casements, slide the sliders and tilt the tilters. Velux is the national company that invented a roof skylight that opens out into a balcony.

Talk about windows opening up a room. Pella large exhibit shows good 1 A 1 to stay or leave. Newcomers can be loath to move into a house or apartment where a tragedy occurred. Landlords, sellers and real estate agents are not required to tell a prospective buyer or renter that an unsavory circumstance prompted a move. But word has a way of reverberating through the house, the block and the neighborhood.

The question of "housing stigma" comes up every time someone is killed or a bizarre crime is reported. "Stigmatism is not a material fact, like plumbing or electrical problems which have an undeniable effect on the home. It may bother some people but not others," said Marsha Temirian, a Northville independent real estate broker and instructor for the Pat Crilley real estate school. "Lightning seldom strikes twice in the same place, but we still recommend full disclosure." Sometimes disclosure isn't an issue. The caretakers of Nicole Brown Simpson's estate put her condominium in upscale Brentwood, on the market in October for $795,000, just months after she and Ronald Goldman were murdered there.

That's $170,000 more than she paid in January 1994. Only a few people have toured the house; no bids have been made. "If it weren't for that (the stigma surrounding the murders), it would be gone in an instant," said real estate agent Pauline Walsh Rimp. See HOUSES, Page 4K r.jr. I rt i a dp1" variations on pauo doors trench doors, ered for two straight hours.

Not only had her private space been invaded, but the thefts and suicide put a chill on the entire row of town-houses; "I felt violated because he broke through the attic several times and wandered through my house, seizing whatever he wanted," said Hirsch, a medical billing specialist. "My privacy was raped." Though the incident happened in November, she still questions every day whether to stay or move to another area in hopes of feeling more secure. Long after a crime or tragedy takes place, its imprint can leave an impression on a neighborhood. Residents often struggle with whether for example, with 'ft Pella's trademark vsv jr Iff, 0 5 It TX I blinds sealed inside the sir 'i -I Vi a' 1 V. i BY JUDY ROSE Free Press Homes Editor PAT WESTDetroit Free Press Ilene Hirsch discovered that her neighbor, who was found hanged in his basement, had been sneaking into her house and stealing things.

f. 1niU.ii).,ii1..ilini.im i i-, i.n 1 1 1 i JJ 4 is; 4 WWII collectibles go on the blocl GOOD PLACE TO BUY Even though median home prices in metro Detroit increased from 1993 to 1994, this area remains a bargain for house hunters. It'll BY JUDY ROSE Free Press Homes Editor These median sale prices are from the fourth i tl hat the link among Wilma Flintstone, Gen. Douglas VJU. V.1 iw I Midwestern cities.

ia it MacArthur, Hopalong Cassidy, Reddy Kilowatt and the Raid insect? Median sale price Metro area fr Akron $83,300 Change 0.5 4.4 Ted Hake'tn upcoming 1 1 Chicago $141,600. Cook Book" how to cook with rationed foods. There's sheet music, too such heartfelt tunes as "Wait for Me Mary" and "A Yank and a Tank." Hake's next special-subject auction will have cowboy collectibles from the movies and television. At most Hake auctions though, the collection is wide-ranging lunch boxes showing cartoon characters, advertising figures like Mr. Peanut or Speedy Alka Seltzer or Charley the no-taste Tuna.

This winter's auction had "a wonderful Snow White book autographed by Walt Disney and 51 other people who helped make the movie," says Hake. It sold for $12,500. See COLLECTIBLES, Page 4K the World War II homefront, timed to the 50th anniversary of V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. The World War II auction draws from thousands of items put out during the war to build morale, speed production or encourage conservation. There are figures of Uncle Sam, satirical figures of Hitler, banks, toys, games and glasses with slogans like "GMC Pulling for Victory" and "I'm Mighty Proud of My Soldier." Many ridicule the enemy, like a toothpick holder of Hitler bending over with toothpicks stuck in his rear.

Some exhort the Victory Gardener, like the Plant for Victory Garden Set which still has the original seed packets unopened. Some deal with the hardships of war, like "Prudence Penny's Ration Coupon $96,400 Cincinnati mail auction has about 800 items All are shown on items that passed through the ongoing, 28-year auction of Americana collectibles run by Ted Hake. You probably know the market is hot for lunch boxes, posters, toys and ads drawn from American pop culture. But where do these items get sold? One main clearinghouse is Hake's mail auction. Hake runs five mail auctions a year with about 3,000 items.

In addition, he runs about three special-subject auctions, like the one coming in April and May. This has about 800 items from timed to the Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Milwaukee 2.4 1.7 2.1 $93,600 $83,800 $89,200 50th anniversary, of V-E Source: U.S. Housing Markets HANK SZERLAG Detroit Free Press 1 i.