Post #382932 by Maori_man on Wed, May 28, 2008 9:24 AM

There are also no aesthetic considerations. A neighborhood of single level bungalows with yards can have a 3 story box house built right to the edge of the sidewalk.

There's an interesting contrast between Seattle and Portland, OR. Portland seems to have had vision from the very beginning (downtown city blocks are smaller than average making it more people friendly) and Seattle seems incapable of looking beyond the $$$.

Well if you stick your head outside of the Alibi next time your in town young man you will see that the neighborhoods in P-town are also being subjected to this Urban blight of "shot gun" block houses being fit into double lots in the city. Stupid city council a few years ago changed the zoning laws and now there are these tall long skinny shitty built houses everywhere. There is also a zoning law that says in order to get a "remodel" permit instead of a new construction permit - you have to leave a majority of the old existing structure - which entails two walls and the chimney from my observations.

Drove past the Denney's/Mannings last Friday and it looked pretty rough encased in it's cyclone fence.