Exploring the architecture of gentrification

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Post by hoffmanesque » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 7:28 PM UTC

Exploring the architecture of gentrification
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Re: Exploring the architecture of gentrification

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Post by matchbok » Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 2:32 AM UTC

All those buildings look great to me. Architecture needs to move forward. Simply emulating what we built 100 years ago is not the right way forward. We use different materials, have different living expectations, etc. And this is coming from someone who loves old houses!

Re: Exploring the architecture of gentrification

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Post by aero142 » Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 2:41 AM UTC

As someone who expected to find some things to agree with in this article, it was terrible. Just dripping with vague insinuations about how everything is always terrible and probably racist and ugly, but brought nothing at all of substance. It was a remarkably terrible piece of writing. There is probably a lot of great articles that would be written on this subject, but this wasn’t one of them. Don’t bother reading it.

Re: Exploring the architecture of gentrification

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Post by desert_boi » Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 2:43 AM UTC

Crying gentrification is just one more way the housing crisis is exacerbated by folks that already got theirs. We need to build denser period.

Re: Exploring the architecture of gentrification

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Post by electricslpnsld » Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 2:51 AM UTC

I'm as much Stop Building Ugly Condos as the next resident in my reviv(ing) corner of the rust belt... but honestly, with the exception of maybe one photo, none of these are horribly objectionable or out of step with the existing architecture. Crying wolf anyone?