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Although I'm not a fan of rowhouses in general, these are great pictures
I did enjoy the 3rd-to-last, and the next-to-last pictures, mainly because these homes had some greenery/lawn in front of them...
Although some row house neighborhoods are fairly attractive, in general I wouldn't want to live in one. The row house neighborhoods I saw in Philly and Baltimore are some of the worst-looking places that I've ever seen in the US, and the poverty is absolutely palpable; they almost remind me of 3rd-world conditions....
Although I'm not a fan of rowhouses in general, these are great pictures
I did enjoy the 3rd-to-last, and the next-to-last pictures, mainly because these homes had some greenery/lawn in front of them...
Although some row house neighborhoods are fairly attractive, in general I wouldn't want to live in one. The row house neighborhoods I saw in Philly and Baltimore are some of the worst-looking places that I've ever seen in the US, and the poverty is absolutely palpable; they almost remind me of 3rd-world conditions....
amzingly in many of the neighborhoods people pay over a million dollars to live in third world conditions.
honestly there are some horid neighborhoods, some decent and some absolutely stunning in both the cities you references. If you ever get the chnace walk through the rowhomes of society hill or brownstones of Rittenhouse - but these will be in stark contrast to those in North philly
As much as I dislike them, I still would say that Philly and Baltimore are still the best representatives of a row house city, since a good 80-90% of the housing stock is in fact row housing...
When I visited Pittsburgh, I really didn't see much in the way of row housing. I climbed both the inclines ( Allegheny, Duquesne??), and sepnt some time on the South Side, and I mostly saw densely-populated single family houses on steep hills....I would have to say that Pitt's percentage of row housing is much less than either Philly or Baltimore.
Also, I need to mention that Boston DOES NOT have row housing in the sense that the Mid-Atlantic does; Boston has some bow-shaped townhouses (Beacon Hill, Back Bay), and lots of tripledeckers, but not the classic 2-story rowhouses built side-by-side, block after block, mile after mile, like Philly and Baltimore. There is a difference.
Most Rowhomes of Pittsburgh today are located in:
- North Side
- Lawrenceville
- Shadyside (the more victorian and newer)
- West Side
- South Side Flats and Slopes
- South Oakland
- Homewood
- Wilkinsburg
- Lincoln-Lemington
- Bloomfield
- Hazelwood
- Greenfield
Also, I need to mention that Boston DOES NOT have row housing in the sense that the Mid-Atlantic does; Boston has some bow-shaped townhouses (Beacon Hill, Back Bay), and lots of tripledeckers, but not the classic 2-story rowhouses built side-by-side, block after block, mile after mile, like Philly and Baltimore. There is a difference.
Boston still does have terraced housing. My only issue with Boston is that the only photos i have ever seen of Boston rowhouses are from the same neighborhood. Its not truley a rowhouse city in the sense of Baltimore or Philly, is it?
Boston still does have terraced housing. My only issue with Boston is that the only photos i have ever seen of Boston rowhouses are from the same neighborhood. Its not truley a rowhouse city in the sense of Baltimore or Philly, is it?
Boston's "attached" housing really doesn't resemble the typical rowhouse neighborhoods you find in Philly and Baltimore, where an entire city block is attached, with one very long rooftop. If you go into the neighborhoods of Beacon Hill( near the state capital) or the Back Bay ( Newbury Street, Comm Ave, etc), you'll find bow-shaped, red brick attached townhouses, but you won't find any neighborhoods like those found in the Mid-Atlantic, with the flat front, 2-story ( with/without white marble steps), stretching for as far as the eye can see.
Like Philly/Balt are famous for the rowhouse, Chicago is famous for the bungalow, NYC is famous for the brownstone, Boston is famous for the triple-decker. And honestly, if I had to chose an abode from the above, I would probably choose Chicago's bungalow, because, at the very least, it's a free-standing single-family home, with a ( small) yard.
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