It had yellow brick. Not painted yellow, but yellow-yellow.
It's a Morningside pop-top, a 1959'er on .1336 acre with 1,259 square feet. A mid-century traditional? The quadruple window, the textured brick with deeply cut mortar, and red door gave it a non-trad edge.
It's not what they want today. But I always liked it. It was modest, livable for non jet-setters.
It's a fantastic location with a level walk to Alons and Doc Chey's and that makes of for a lot of square footage.
Before the housing crunch, they'd have torn it down. There are 3 fine teardowns across the street.
So they are popping the top, adding about 1,000 square feet, nothing McMansion about it. They didn't have to dig a basement, raise the first floor, or add a 2-car front facing garage.
This passes my grandma test: Would you send your grandmother out the get the mail?
They had a decision to make.
I think they chose well. When the neighbors get their pops topped, maybe in can go yellow again.
For now, it has a soft touch. You can see the crisp mortar line shadows. Those 4 windows still look cool.
Good work.
Welaunee Inn, 1923, Porterdale
29 minutes ago
As always, Terry, love your posts. Hope your new year continues as lively as 2011. xo
ReplyDeleteI don't normally like painted brick but I like the way this one looks in the pictures. Also, congratulations, you have won the Liebster Award -http://preview.tinyurl.com/85adxpr
ReplyDeleteI like the blue brick - doesn't look strange like some painted brick can.
ReplyDeleteLooks like they did a great job...kept the scale of the neighborhood, paid respect to the original house. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteAw, the grandma test. I like how they transformed the house...good work!
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