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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
The same is true in Chicago, but "heritage designated areas" (or "Landmarks Districts" as they're called here) only cover a tiny percentage of the city.
If you own a vintage Chicago 3-flat with gorgeous, textured, deep-maroon face brick in Albany Park, and you wanna paint it purple for some God forsaken reason (probably because some imbecile on HGTV told you it would be a "great way to refresh your tired old home"), there ain't nothing stopping you, other than good sense.
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Yes, criminal, and very bad for the reasons mentioned earlier. I had my previous house’s facade waterblasted to rid it of a scaling blue grey paintjob from the seventies. It was a cut stone Victorian that I totally transformed from a very ghetto look to class.
Luckily, the stone wasn’t damaged like some bricks are when sandnor waterblasted with chemicals. The repointing was tricky though, with 1/8 " thick joints that were redone using lime and sand, no cement.