The reason they were thought of ugly at the timewas because the brown house houses were relatively monotone, one type of building compared to richer streets whe

The reason they were thought of ugly at the timewas because the brown house houses were relatively monotone, one type of building compared to richer streets where every house was different & build by the vision of the owner. See every house on the Amsterdam on the Canals: https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/Mkr3pQQInOjO4a3UJUP2EzBpywU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-479502363-5813918a5f9b581c0b71eb4c.jpg https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/Mkr3pQQInOjO4a3UJUP2EzBpywU=/... The same complaint was made when the "pijp" was build, al buildings are the same. It was originally meant for poor people, now one of the hotspots: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Revolutiebouw.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Revoluti... But stil the brownstone building have way more ornaments, arches & other details intended to make it pretty then any modern flat. I have a real hard time believing we will every think of the grey Paris banlieus as pretty: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/05/15/business/GHETTO-1/GHETTO-1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp https://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/05/15/business/GHETTO-1...