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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
Except that it doesn't. Fenestration is more than the size of the openings.
You've got a window that's two-thirds bricked in, as if that fools anyone, and another on the end that's only a half-window. In a cantilevered overhang. And they're all huge sheets of plate glass rather than double-hung windows with divided lights.
I didn't realize "better than a parking lot" was now the test for whether a new building is judged appropriate in a landmark district.
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Most enlightened review boards of new construction in historic districts worldwide understand that to really preserve and respect a historic district the last thing you want to do with new infill design is replicate it. Respecting the materials, texture, and scale - yes. Actually making your new building look just like the historic context - definitely no. Doing that actually diminishes the actual historic value of the district...
(As an example "Hey honey, look at that 2-story pizza place... do you think that was just a very small old printing company?")