New stakes were recently placed in the empty lot at DeTonty and Thurman. Does anyone know if anything is planned?
1810 Thurman is pending, and per Geo St. Louis the grassy lot is part of that same parcel. So the boundary marking is just part of the usual sales process. Now, did someone buy the building with an eye on that lot for future development / new construction? No clue. But would have been a good investment imo.southcitygent wrote: ↑Oct 03, 2020New stakes were recently placed in the empty lot at DeTonty and Thurman. Does anyone know if anything is planned?
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1810 ... 5041_zpid/
Four $275k building permit applications submitted for single fam homes. Though attached pairs.
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Okay, the roof overhangs on that are . . . freakishly bizarre. Stick a couple of fake windows in it and you have a truly and epically bad mansard. That might be even weirder than your Wal-Mart grade broken strip mall pediment. Surely there's a flat roof behind that. Which extends no further than the wall. So why the weird wings sticking out to the side unsupported? If you squint right the little windows become nostrils and the larger ones on the second floor eyes.
Across the pond, these things would be called "semi-detached". That term has always irked me. Either they're attached, or they're not; there's no "semi" about it.
But I digress.
But I digress.
I think the appearance of the overhang in this picture is being exacerbated by #1 :the fisheye effect (at least more for the one on the left) and #2: the 2nd-floor corner windows being set back from the rest of the fascia by a few inches.symphonicpoet wrote: ↑Jun 27, 2021Okay, the roof overhangs on that are . . . freakishly bizarre. Stick a couple of fake windows in it and you have a truly and epically bad mansard. That might be even weirder than your Wal-Mart grade broken strip mall pediment. Surely there's a flat roof behind that. Which extends no further than the wall. So why the weird wings sticking out to the side unsupported? If you squint right the little windows become nostrils and the larger ones on the second floor eyes.
FTR, I'm far more okay with something like that than the mid-century zero-overhang trend. The overhangs (if not the ornamentation) is reminiscent of overhangs in craftman-style buildings. It could also be seen as an energy-positive thing, adding natural shade at certain parts of the day - though I'm not sure how much extra shade this would offer on this lot, assuming the buildings are north-facing.
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Issuedquincunx wrote: ↑Jun 26, 2021Four $275k building permit applications submitted for single fam homes. Though attached pairs.
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