Because the lower front windows are so high up, it's possible that this house once had a front porch.
About front porches: It was not long ago when it was possible to tell an "absentee- owned" house from an owner-occupied home by the dilapidated condition of the front porch. (But, twenty/thirty years ago the roofs were still savable)...
This is a different time though.
The oldtime absentees are now the newly hatched-out-O-the-investments-egg real-estate 'investors' and, it isn't about the dilapidation or long-gone front porches that are a dead giveaway anymore.
Now, it is the dead looking houses that no longer are a give-it-away or an absentee's income steal, so then what? Do the owners/ investors have a new tactic?
Just what is it with the all-year-round, open-window syndrome that is the newest prevalance?
And especially when the open window is just under the very, very old roof! Hmmm...
David,
ReplyDeleteWhat was this ? A neighborhood grocery store ?
Anon,
ReplyDeleteI really don't know what happened here. First time seeing this. Sad moment, right?
today when I saw this place - i saw a reflection.
This was a residence that the occupant decorated - guess the structure was unstable.
ReplyDeleteBecause the lower front windows are so high up, it's possible that this house once had a front porch.
ReplyDeleteAbout front porches: It was not long ago when it was possible to tell an "absentee- owned" house from an owner-occupied home by the dilapidated condition of the front porch. (But, twenty/thirty years ago the roofs were still savable)...
This is a different time though.
The oldtime absentees are now the newly hatched-out-O-the-investments-egg real-estate
'investors' and, it isn't about the dilapidation or long-gone front porches that are a dead giveaway anymore.
Now, it is the dead looking houses that no longer are a give-it-away or an absentee's income steal, so then what? Do the owners/
investors have a new tactic?
Just what is it with the all-year-round, open-window syndrome that is the newest prevalance?
And especially when the open window is just under the very, very old roof! Hmmm...