I'm an advocate of no required setbacks.
They bought the house next door too. I'm almost sure of it. When you look on Google street view from the alley side of the property, before this granite blob was plunked down, they have a separation from the right-hand/southern neighbors house with a fence. After this was built, the fence is gone and the 2 properties yards are no longer separated.moorlander wrote: ↑5:08 PM - 1 day agoDouble lot and it’s only 30ft wide?
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^ can't you just look up the owner on the city website? it's not that unusual. when we lived on Meramec, the lot next to ours had a historic alley house that was built to our property line. saved us some money when we built a new fence. really not a big deal. and i think the "granite blob" is slate, not granite. not sure why it's a "blob". i think it looks nice and creates a pleasant space. anyway, that video is good publicity for STL.
I think it's ok for people to have opinions.urban_dilettante wrote: ↑2:21 AM - Today^ can't you just look up the owner on the city website? it's not that unusual. when we lived on Meramec, the lot next to ours had a historic alley house that was built to our property line. saved us some money when we built a new fence. really not a big deal. and i think the "granite blob" is slate, not granite. not sure why it's a "blob". i think it looks nice and creates a pleasant space. anyway, that video is good publicity for STL.
No need to get ruffled over an innocuous taste preference remark. It's not that serious though... lol. The *GRANITE* blob just isn't for everyone, and that's ok! 
No one mentioned anything about whether this was good PR or not, so...- 3,768
^ not ruffled. just stating my opinion, which happens to differ from yours. like you said, that's ok! (though, the slate part is not opinion. they said it in the video.)
the publicity part had nothing to do with your comment.
the publicity part had nothing to do with your comment.