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I just took your street-view down the block a ways. Lots of lots infill could be added. A good thing actually. Many older single homes (nothing wrong with that .... a good thing to me).
You clearly see the non-street-grid nature of the city and hilly winding converging intersections. I like the variety of housing and variety reminds me of Chicago (but its a grid city and flat). Blocks each different and diverse in styles.
Seems though most infill may be more in the form of new row-housing. Yet plenty of others still great housing ..... will remain in the mix. That's a good thing to me.
Boston has absolutely nothing to be but itself. Some of the best examples of American older row-housing neighborhoods and its varied other neighborhoods. Quality in lessor amounts trumps just having much more full row blocks in ither cities.
I just took your street-view down the block a ways. Lots of lots infill could be added. A good thing actually. Many older single homes (nothing wrong with that .... a good thing to me).
You clearly see the non-street-grid nature of the city and hilly winding converging intersections. I like the variety of housing and variety reminds me of Chicago. Blocks each different and diverse in styles.
Seems though most infill may be more in the form of new row-housing. Yet plenty of others still great housing ..... will remain in the mix. That's a good thing to me.
Boston has absolutely nothing to be but itself. Some of the best examples of American older row-housing neighborhoods and its varied other neighborhoods. Quality in lessor amounts trumps just having much mere in there cities.
sorry, i updated the post since then Whats crazy is that until 2012 most of those row homes were section 8 and subdivided into apartments. I know as an ex girlfriend of mine lived in one when i was entering college. Her family was forced to move out in 2012, and they began construction on an additional rowhome adjacent to hers. Her family had the top two floor and another family was on the first floor and basement.
Doesn't matter if its not higher-end row examples. They serve a purpose in probably more affordable housing and still look maintained and cheerful. Again, just more examples of the variety Boston offers.
Doesn't matter if its not higher-end row examples. They serve a purpose in probably more affordable housing and still look maintained and cheerful. Again, just more examples of the variety Boston offers.
No doubt.I love how Boston maintains properties so well ( especially since say...2005 and onward) and the variety of housing in the city. I just wish more of it were brick or stone. I hate the clapboard/vinyl/wooden look.
Doesn't matter if its not higher-end row examples. They serve a purpose in probably more affordable housing and still look maintained and cheerful. Again, just more examples of the variety Boston offers.
They announced infill housing for the area today. Just west of there . Sadly no rowhomes, but affordable housing nonetheless.
"The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a proposed 23-unit, four-story co-op building on Highland Street between Centre and Marcella streets that would have 15 affordable units and would be designed to generate more energy than it uses.
Under Rees-Larkin Development's proposal, three of the units would be reserved for people making no more than 30% of the Boston area median income, seven at 60% and five at 100%. The remaining eight units would be sold at market rates.
The building will sit on what are now seven individual vacant lots owned by the city."
No doubt.I love how Boston maintains properties so well ( especially since say...2005 and onward) and the variety of housing in the city. I just wish more of it were brick or stone. I hate the clapboard/vinyl/wooden look.
Agreed. I just can't get into it.
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Whats crazy is that until 2012 most of those row homes were section 8 and subdivided into apartments. I know as an ex girlfriend of mine lived in one when i was entering college. Her family was forced to move out in 2012, and they began construction on an additional rowhome adjacent to hers. Her family had the top two floor and another family was on the first floor and basement.
