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@Richard Layman
I don't have a problem with you posting stuff from your blog, I read your blog and find it interesting.

Back on topic:
I take issue with the idea that buildings should not be built just because they are different from what currently exists on the block. Take this example from your post:

I have friends who live directly across the street from this building so I have seen it many times over the years. It is not out-sized for the street it is on (this much is obvious even looking at it on street view), even if it is bigger that the buildings around it. It blends in better without the construction debris (see street view) and in 15 years when it has weathered a bit it will look even better.

I think we have to get away from the idea that everything we build new must be the same as the old - this seems too much like the cookie-cutter HOA suburbs. The most valued and walkable neighborhoods in the city are not homogeneous - neighborhoods like Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan have rowhouses and larger apartment buildings (old and newer) mixed together. That's what it will take to build a more dense city that is also aesthetically pleasing.

by MLD on Jul 31, 2012 1:23 pm • link • report