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Teardown 1 of 5 is done, in Morningside

Five neighborhood tear-downs are complete. Here is the first.
"There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely different possibilities in city dwelling construction at any one time. Page 216 ”The Death and Life of Great American Cities” - Jane Jacobs, Vintage Books Edition 1991
When you see a house in full silt-fenced, required-signage glory, you just know.

Here is house 1 of 5, house 2 of 5, house 3 of 5, house 4 of 5, and house 5 of 5, house 6 of 5. house 7 of 5.


It's a spec house by JackBilt and it sold before it was finished

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Certainly a late infill, I think it was a duplex, about 1800 square feet on 0.2157 acre. The tax records said it was built in 1930. Do you think that's right?

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It wasn't an eyesore. But it wasn't in the neighborhoods single-family style, old or new. I guess it was infill duplex style.

P1010423-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBiltIt In context: an earlier teardown one on the left, a brick duplex one the right.

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A better view of the older teardown on the left.

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This is the model for most 1/4 lot teardowns these days. Craftsman-like, deep lot fillers with a front porch.The variation is in the refinement of the detailing.

This new one will be 4651 square feet plus a garage, not a big as it could have been.

Here you are:

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I think it's pretty good.


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I particularly like that it's low to the ground.

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I feel welcome here.


Here is house 1 of 5, house 2 of 5, house 3 of 5, house 4 of 5, and house 5 of 5, house 6 of 5. house 7 of 5.