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Bigtsez t1_j5n0jcd wrote

Reply to comment by BrightThru2014 in What are these homes called and why aren’t they being built anymore? by rdervgyb2345

They're nice in their own way, but they definitely don't have the same feel. I describe them as, "If Disney added a Washington, DC section to Epcot Center's World Showcase, it would look like this."

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BrightThru2014 t1_j5n128r wrote

So you prefer we built what instead? The weird cheap blocky modernist condos which are identical in every city in the US? Give it 20 years of wear and tear and it’ll have the same “feel” as the older rowhouses.

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Bigtsez t1_j5n38ne wrote

There are better examples recently built elsewhere (for example, here, built in 2018) that I think better reflect the old style in modernized form. I just don't like the specific look of Capitol Quarters. To each their own, of course.

Also, I didn't see the link to the Harrison Square ones, which I do like better.

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BrightThru2014 t1_j5n6i77 wrote

Those are really nice (and fill me with happiness). I think we are on the same team here.

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Gumburcules t1_j5osfyf wrote

> Give it 20 years of wear and tear and it’ll have the same “feel” as the older rowhouses.

After 20 years of wear and tear the new "rowhouses" will be twisted and falling down from the warped green pine framing and will probably need a hazmat reno when you find out the cheap drywall they used is actually made of shredded Chinese newspapers held together with strychnine.

Nothing will ever have the same feel as hardwood timbers, masonry construction, and lath and plaster.

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basilect t1_j5sdtgq wrote

As opposed to what, lead paint and asbestos?

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