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Cambridge resident here. I think plenty of the New England triple deckers are still ugly. There are some pretty ones, but most in the Cambridge/Somerville area
by sokoloff 2y ago
Cambridge resident here. I think plenty of the New England triple deckers are still ugly.
There are some pretty ones, but most in the Cambridge/Somerville area are pretty ugly boxes. I don’t think another few decades will redeem them either, but would welcome being wrong.
- BenFranklin100 2y agoHaha. Somerville resident here. I think they are ugly too and should all be torn down and replaced with 6-8 story mid-rise with first floor retail. Our opinion seems to be in the minority however. Mid-Cambridge does have beautiful 5-6 story masonry buildings, which ironically, given the hot market, probably are economically feasible for a developer to build. Zoning prohibits this however. As it stands, imho Somerville MA, is #1 in the nation on the (ugliness * cost) scale. Chain link fences, few parks, lots of concrete, and housing that outwardly looks the same as it did 50 years ago, but is 10X as expensive.
- beryilma 2y agoThe prize for the ugliest building in Cambridge, MA should go to the Stata building at MIT. An eyesore masquerading as "architecture".
- BenFranklin100 2y agoHeresy. The one-story 7-11 in Central square takes the prize.