Bemoan, Bemoan Part 1
The topic to which I'm probably most continuously drawn (no doubt to the consternation of my forgiving readers), are those forces occasioning alterations in the housing stock of inner core neighborhoods.Cultural signifiers, the makeover phenomenon, and the ego-imprimatur impulse have all been referenced, sociology, economics, cultural transmission, and memetics, as well.
I've largely resisted imprecations, and a fruitless, villainizing impulse. Still, I'm hard-pressed to understand how anyone, anywhere, for whatever reason, would think to transform, for example, image top to image middle.
Avoid opining about aesthetics, I'm often cautioned, matters of taste are dissevering, unfixed, and coupled with elitism. Does taste play a role, is there such thing as "good taste" or is it all "different taste"?
Labels: Preservation preach
posted by Adam at 11:19 AM | Permalink
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When I see places like the after picture, I assume that the wood siding was rotten, the windows boarded up, and the whole place was about to fall down in the before picture, and that the after picture represented what someone came up with on a limited budget. That someone actually chose that kind of remodel is unbelievable.
When I see a place that looks like the "after" picture, I assume that the "before" picture would show rotted wood siding, boarded up windows and general decrepitude. I assume the remodel was done on a low budget. That someone would actually choose to cheapen an old house is shocking.
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