On Jun 5, 10:29 pm, "William (Formerly known as Mr.Cool)"
Post by William (Formerly known as Mr.Cool)Post by PatPost by George ConklinPost by William (Formerly known as Mr.Cool)Hey all, so my oldest brother goes to DePaul in Chicago and that is
located in the Linkin park Neighborhood which is filled with very old
brownstone houses. Though a while back Linkin Park was a crime ridden
poor neighborhood, DePaul threatened to move out to the suburbs unless
Chicago cleaned it up. Now the brownstone houses go for about 3
Million a peice as before when they went for more around 30,000.
Anyways, I just wanted to see if anyone
here knew anything about brownstone houses cause I think their pretty
cool.
New York City has thousands of bownstone houses. They were the home of the
well-to-do at the time of their construction.
I thought when Billy was on the "cities are great" kick you said that
they wre the massed produced housing of the era and that they were one
of the reasons that cities sucked.
BTW, how's that example coming along?
Why does it seem like every time I post something you guys turn it
into an
argument. And Pat, do you honestly think its just as easy to produce
an inexpensive
Brick house as it is to make a house made out of dry wall and stucco?
You guys seem to be
oblivious to the fact back in the era you keep referring to, "Mass
production" to them would cost
at least three times less relatively to how much it would cost us now.
Im not really sure what era your talking about but I think its the
Industrial Age. Well, back then there were no health codes, no minimal
wage, it was just
who ever could work the longest and hardest without quitting. Thus,
expensive things are made easier
so they cost less.
Well here it goes again, the never ending argument that you guys
have against me to say that
model housing is not mass produced.
Oh cool your jets.
BTW, the reason for brownstones is the exact same reason for today's
townhouses.
Back in "the day" it was extremely expensive to extend utilities
because a lot of it had to be hand dug. Brownstones made sense
because it was the absolute minimum extension of lines, per unit. In
addition, since it was in a city (and generally near "the factory"),
the people didn't need lots for their horses and animals. An added
benefit is that the party walls save money and energy.
Today, the townhouse is the equivalent, but without the charm.
