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Originally Posted by rrskylar
And 35 feet being roughly the equivalent to the height of a three story apartment block and not at all excessive for a 1920’s to 1960’s neighbourhood at all right!?!? 
And in terms of scale a 35 foot high home on a 25 foot lot is acceptable so maybe we should allow 45 feet on a 50 foot lot and maybe 65 feet on a 75 foot lot, everything is scalable right! |
There has been infill in my 1960-era neighbourhood ever since I can remember. There were always vacant lots, old houses that needed to be upgraded, a few places that burned down. But today you can barely tell which are the infill houses from the 1970s and 80s -- it's not obvious other than slight differences in the styles. They all basically fit into the range of sizes and profiles of the existing houses. The new ones often don't do that at all. They seem to be designed to get the maximum square footage on the lot (or half a lot). They tend to be big and pretentious looking but horribly finished, often in stucco all around. They are so big that there are no trees left around them once they're done, so they stand out all the more bleakly. No wonder people don't want more of this.