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Agreed. The three decker at No. 88 Rossmore is new construction but harmonious with all the old ones. Its neighbor at 92 Rossmore has wooden facades and a nice paint job rather than the cheap and ugly vinyl siding people throw onto these old houses.
It's an affluent enough place where it's easy to justify spending the money. I know a number of people with rental tenements in New Bedford. They're not getting the rents to ever justify stripping the asbestos shingles and lead paint trim off. In 2019, that's hazardous waste and costs a fortune to remove. The only viable option is to contain it with vinyl. I presume that's the math for all of the turn of the century failed mill town working class housing. Wrap it in a plastic bag.
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My girlfriend has a masters in landscape design from one of the DC universities as her passion/hobby that wouldn't earn her a living. I get exposed to it pretty much daily though my knowledge would fit in a thimble. Sadly, most cities have no budget for it so some city worker in public works with no training arbitrarily picks something. Most places aren't having Olmsted & Eliot and Charles Sprague Sargent picking trees.
True enough. I lived/dated a woman with her masters in landscape architecture in the Boston area and she was the one that started me on the Bradford pear hate. Haha.
True enough. I lived/dated a woman with her masters in landscape architecture in the Boston area and she was the one that started me on the Bradford pear hate. Haha.
I'm a fan of mulberry trees, of which there are many throughout Boston metro. Makes for a nice snack on a walk to work
Chicago bungalow>Boston triple-decker>Philly rowhouse
A little space, with some greenery, is a beautiful thing.
Nice front porches here on North Edgewood St in West Philadelphia but the back yards are about as deep as the front yards, i.e., a few feet.
These three deckers on Parkton Rd in Jamaica plain are pretty dense too with backyards only big enough to hang out the laundry but there's a little more greenery.
Nice front porches here on North Edgewood St in West Philadelphia but the back yards are about as deep as the front yards, i.e., a few feet.
These three deckers on Parkton Rd in Jamaica plain are pretty dense too with backyards only big enough to hang out the laundry but there's a little more greenery.
Those are very similar to NYC brownstones. Housing in the downtown neighborhoods in Albany resemble old brownstones, while in other neighborhoods, there are often single-family or two family homes, with lawns front and back, and are very affordable.
I would hate to live in that Philly neighborhood. Your "front yard" is the sidewalk, and it's virtually without trees and grass, of any kind. The triple-deckers in Boston look absolutely woodsy by comparison. Not an attractive neighborhood, to put it mildly..
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