Out with the old - in with the new

[nightlysparrow]

The problem for urban historic neighborhoods: no place to park cars, which weren't around when the Victorians and Edwardians were.

[Retroit]

Originally Posted by nightlysparrow

The problem for urban historic neighborhoods: no place to park cars, which weren't around when the Victorians and Edwardians were.

That would be true in the lower-income neighborhoods, but the upper-income neighborhoods usually had carriage houses in the back. These can be converted into garages, or new garages can be built to resemble a carriage houses.

[pantin23]

I swear, every time I hear about the architectural atrocities committed in Lincoln park, my blood boils!!!

[pantin23]

Originally Posted by nightlysparrow

The problem for urban historic neighborhoods: no place to park cars, which weren't around when the Victorians and Edwardians were.

So cars are more important than the character of the neighborhood, or its history, or aesthetic quality, etc? Also, so many of these neighborhoods are so close to el trains, so parking should not be a huge problem.

[baileyvpotter]

Originally Posted by pantin23

So cars are more important than the character of the neighborhood, or its history, or aesthetic quality, etc? Also, so many of these neighborhoods are so close to el trains, so parking should not be a huge problem.

And many young people 20 -40 are moving and staying there because they don't want or need a
car in an urban area. Very similar to the way we grew up in the city. Dad used public transportation,
mom walked to the grocery store and back then there were avenues/boulevards that had everything
you needed.

[HiFi]

That is what happens when art is confused with novelty by the public and the last several generations of architects have been conditioned to abandon architecture in favor of a Bauhaus philosophy that is closer to politics or religion that it is to art.