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PostMar 26, 2009#26

Grover wrote:By the way - there should be a list of approved colors for Lafayette Square - not because some people think they're pretty or attractive, but because they fit the historic nature of the neighborhood (i.e., this list of colors should not change over time).


When the limesstone front houses were built they were not painted.



People didn't started painting them until a generation later. That late Victorian palette would be a different color range than the generation coming after them.



So which "historic" period should the colors reflect?



Do you see the problem here?
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PostMar 26, 2009#27

Color me indifferent.
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PostMar 26, 2009#28

63104mom wrote:These topics are related: people who paint their houses stupid colors give their children stupid names.


No more true words have been typed.

PostMar 26, 2009#29

GelatinousEndive wrote:
Grover wrote:By the way - there should be a list of approved colors for Lafayette Square - not because some people think they're pretty or attractive, but because they fit the historic nature of the neighborhood (i.e., this list of colors should not change over time).


When the limesstone front houses were built they were not painted.



People didn't started painting them until a generation later. That late Victorian palette would be a different color range than the generation coming after them.



So which "historic" period should the colors reflect?



Do you see the problem here?


Indeed. I'm not sure why the list of colors couldn't include those used over a period of decades. It would be up to the residents, but my suggestion would be to grant exemptions/add allowances for specific homes that were painted in say, the 1920's. It's all a question of what's historic and worth preserving. IMO - it's often worth preserving the story of a neighorhood through the years instead of insisting on a homogenous look. I'm not sure I completely agree with designating 1960's office building as historic (as is now being done), but I would like to see two or three remain in StL for a long time to come.
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PostMar 26, 2009#30

63104mom wrote:GelEnd: Granny names are cool. I think Grover, DeB and I are lamenting the pretend fake names that people assign their children. LIke MacBraden. On a girl. Or Nevaeh. BLECH.


I blame Britney. And anyone who unnecessarily puts the letter "y" in place of other, more appropriate vowels in names. I can only imagine some of the names that my daughter's classmates will have.



(We went with Katherine "Kate," BTW. Lucy is a good choice as well.)
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PostMar 27, 2009#31

Grover wrote:
it's often worth preserving the story of a neighorhood through the years instead of insisting on a homogenous look. I'm not sure I completely agree with designating 1960's office building as historic (as is now being done), but I would like to see two or three remain in StL for a long time to come.


"The story of a neighborhood". I like that.



I'm not sure which office buildings you're refering to, but I feel strongly that NOW is the time to give our mid-century architecture some protection. If we don't save the good stuff now, the next generation of urban fans will be just as angry with us as we are with those who previously destroyed so much of our city's fabric (and history). The tricky part is that oh-so-difficult definition of "quality".



Personally, I'd like to see LOTS of mid-century buildings remain for a long time to come.
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PostAug 24, 2011#32

The code was presented to the Cultural Resource Board this week. I didn't attend the meeting, but I assume it passed.

Some builders are unhappy because of the new requirements for brick on sides and back of the structure, and I sympathize because that adds another, what, $15,000 to the price? Or more. But OTOH I am happy that vinyl in the Square is OUT.

I think they could have allowed Hardy Board type material on rear elevations and still have been ok. There are so many old Victorian houses with frame additions in the rear, seems ok to me.

But in the end, the final product is upscale and a good thing.
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