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Originally Posted by corvairkeith
The apartment across the street from Fifth and West do a decent job of making a varied faux-historic streetscape.
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I'm all for varied-looking streetscapes on buildings but I just think this attempt at faux-historicism is sloppy. Proportions all wonky on classical details, really ruins the look of the building.
I think some of the new development in Mueller is doing a nice job at varied street facades. The construction near the HEB is a good example:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3032...7i13312!8i6656
If you're gonna go for historic look, hire some real stonemasons and spend some money to give it an authentic look, or else it'll have all the charm of a strip mall. Otherwise, keep it clean, simple and modern.