Opinion of big old houses

[minionofmidas]

Some of those pictured are not big, and a couple are very ugly.
The majority are freedom houses that should be subdivided into tenements and turned over to the people, unless there is specific reason to keep this particular house as a museum, in which case this is what should of course be done.

[minionofmidas]

Some of those pictured are not big, and a couple are very ugly.

Not big- please tell me which.

(Still very big for a single household, of course.)

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Not the only one to be less than attractive, but the only one to be positively an eyesore.

[minionofmidas]

Oh, that's the Frick Mansion. It's a museum in NYC- great collection of Old Masters' works. If you find yourself in the city, go there.

All of the Upper East Side used to be like that, like this block:



This block remains:



It's a shame it's no longer like that, but an even bigger one the ones that were lost weren't torn down soon enough to be replaced by apartment blocks in the 10s, 20s, and 30s, but were demolished for uglier and later buildings.

The sad but unavoidable consequence of my advice not being heeded.

[minionofmidas]

When I think of Ethiopia and architecture, I think of all the futurist buildings in Asmara.

Which is not in Ethiopia. (But I do the same thing, of course.)

[minionofmidas]

Ah, right. I have read of this place.