Comments on: Do you want this in your neighborhood? http://www.thegoodcity.com/2008/01/28/do-you-want-this-in-your-neighborhood/ city, culture and church ยท Fort Wayne, Indiana Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Adam http://www.thegoodcity.com/2008/01/28/do-you-want-this-in-your-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Adam Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:44:31 +0000 http://thegoodcity.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-172 YES, this is a good idea. Why does something have to "fit in" to its surroundings by copying it? Why can't neighborhoods be aesthetically diverse? Why can't someone express his/her ideas with their home? Why does the typical American want to live in such conformity that is handed out to us by developers who only care about money and not design? Why do people not think? YES, this is a good idea.

Why does something have to “fit in” to its surroundings by copying it? Why can’t neighborhoods be aesthetically diverse? Why can’t someone express his/her ideas with their home? Why does the typical American want to live in such conformity that is handed out to us by developers who only care about money and not design? Why do people not think?

]]> By: de_tokeville http://www.thegoodcity.com/2008/01/28/do-you-want-this-in-your-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-173 de_tokeville Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:36:26 +0000 http://thegoodcity.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-173 I've seen edgy designs like this interspersed with older homes in other cities and I like it. I can envision homes of this sort going up in a neighborhood like East Central, where there are lots of holes to fill, and can see this in turn bringing up the value of existing homes there that are crying out for restoration. I would also hope that local preservationists would take the long view and realize that stabilizing and turning around neighborhoods sometimes means putting aside insistence on architectural and historical purity when it comes to new dwellings. I’ve seen edgy designs like this interspersed with older homes in other cities and I like it. I can envision homes of this sort going up in a neighborhood like East Central, where there are lots of holes to fill, and can see this in turn bringing up the value of existing homes there that are crying out for restoration.

I would also hope that local preservationists would take the long view and realize that stabilizing and turning around neighborhoods sometimes means putting aside insistence on architectural and historical purity when it comes to new dwellings.

]]> By: Zachary Benedict http://www.thegoodcity.com/2008/01/28/do-you-want-this-in-your-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Zachary Benedict Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:24:17 +0000 http://thegoodcity.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-170 I don't see how this is more out of place contextually than the first suburban homes must have felt when compared to traditional urban residential models. Change is good... keeps us thinking. I don’t see how this is more out of place contextually than the first suburban homes must have felt when compared to traditional urban residential models. Change is good… keeps us thinking.

]]> By: john b. kalb http://www.thegoodcity.com/2008/01/28/do-you-want-this-in-your-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-171 john b. kalb Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:21:27 +0000 http://thegoodcity.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-171 Don't know about this one going in the Fort . I do think it fits in with some areas south of downtown Dayton, as I remember it - like around where NCR was located. I am very pleased to see the designs from Biloxi - When in the area subject to the type of storms that they have experienced, build them on stilts - just like on the outer banks in North Carolina. If only they would be that wise in New Orleans. Thanks to Scott for pointing this out. John B. Kalb Don’t know about this one going in the Fort . I do think it fits in with some areas south of downtown Dayton, as I remember it – like around where NCR was located. I am very pleased to see the designs from Biloxi – When in the area subject to the type of storms that they have experienced, build them on stilts – just like on the outer banks in North Carolina. If only they would be that wise in New Orleans. Thanks to Scott for pointing this out. John B. Kalb

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