woolie Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I've been going to UTMB every other week for a while now to work with a collaborator. Typically we'll walk through the neighborhood to a nearby restaurant for lunch. I'm trying to imagine if Houston had 2 million units of stuff like this instead of the soulless sprawl. Are row houses with yards in the back just not family friendly enough? Is it the lack of SUV parking? Please enlighten me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Four million cars blocking non-existant sidewalks?I'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Four million cars blocking non-existant sidewalks?I'll pass.Ideally I'd put parking in alleyways in the back, or onstreet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Too small, not enough bathrooms or closets, not great security for the automobile. Still, lovely when nicely restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 They are nice, but I'm afraid the days of vernacular architecture are past. If Houston had 2 million of these we would be famous for our architecture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Ideally I'd put parking in alleyways in the back, or onstreet.That's been tried in several communities. When I've done site visits, I always notice that the alleys are aesthetic dead zones of concrete and hardi-plank, with little or no landscaping, yet more human activity than that front yards or common areas.These are done by Parkside Homes, if I'm not mistaken, which is a subsidiary of K. Hovnanian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 That's been tried in several communities. When I've done site visits, I always notice that the alleys are aesthetic dead zones of concrete and hardi-plank, with little or no landscaping, yet more human activity than that front yards or common areas. That's what I'd expect, frankly. As are most suburban backyards even without alleyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 That's what I'd expect, frankly. As are most suburban backyards even without alleyways. Yeah, for the same kinds of price points as these communities, you don't get much more than sod in a back yard of a normal home...but you do get sod and a wood fence, and that's something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Ideally I'd put parking in alleyways in the back, or onstreet.with the width of the lots in the first pic, the homeowners could only have one car. not sure how attractive that would be to a family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 with the width of the lots in the first pic, the homeowners could only have one car. not sure how attractive that would be to a family.There's room for a two cars in the lot-parallel orientation or a single car parked street-parallel on the alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 There's room for a two cars in the lot-parallel orientation or a single car parked street-parallel on the alley.i can see that if there weren't stairs coming down. looks like the corolla can't pull up farther so it would have to be parked in a way to block the invisible sidewalk. the placement of the no parking sign in that pic is interesting. i wonder what that is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Probably due to residents complaining about UTMB people parking on street. It's the same in neighborhoods bordering TMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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