In another victory for citizen journalism, the constant coverage of the Petworth Eyesore by the Prince of Petworth and I has finally paid off with a front page article in the Washington Post: New Rowhouse Rooflines Raising Eyebrows in D.C..

Paul Schwartzman took up the challenge of Petworth's stunningly bad roofline additions, "pop-ups", that are blighting the neighborhood with visual pollution with deft and due diligence, even getting the Pertwoth Eyesore owner to comment:

"Anthony Cornish, the developer who is converting the single-family home to a condominium, said he used siding for the third floor because "brick is more expensive."

The property needed a wholesale alteration, he said, because he is constructing two duplexes and wants it to look like an apartment building.

As for aesthetics, Cornish said the building, when it is complete, will be far superior to the dilapidated, vacant property he bought last year for $425,000. "To each his own," he said of those who object to such additions. "If they don't like it, they should have gone and bought it themselves."

If the neighbourhood knew he was going to deface our community with his "pop-up" which looks like its going to pop-off, I am sure we would have. For everyone who lives here says just this:

""It makes me so sick I want to scream," said Avis Anderson, a neighborhood resident and a real estate broker"

If you want to scream too, the Petworth Eyesore is at 4143 New Hampshire Avenue, at Upshur. Don't worry, you will not miss it.

We are wanting to do roof inspections in the Birmingham AL. Area looking for wind and hail damage. Your home owners insurance will pay to replace it.

alien code, Schuykill county Pennsylvania

superia 200

nikon n90, 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Seen on March 7,1991 when I was putting vinyl siding over the original plywood shed I completed in Nov 1981.

In the Summer of 2016 I removed the siding leveled it up replaced the roof restored and repainted it.

I built this shed in Summer / Fall 1981 and seen on March 17,1991 after putting vinyl siding over the original 1981 plywood siding then in 2016 I removed the siding replaced the roof leveled it restored and painted it.

At the back of a brownish-orange brick commercial building from the early 20th century, an air conditioner is elevated on a shelf above a door frame, between two enormous segmental-arch nonwindows of white siding. Disused wooden pallets are present, four or five in number.

Similar arrangements of objects can be found in the downtown backalleys of many U.S. towns.

We suffer unwanted thoughts of violently injurious pranks: Heavy objects are caused to fall onto people's heads as they exit the building.

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In downtown Rochester, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, the back of a building on the south side of Brighton Avenue between the Rochester Roundabout and West Washington Street, as viewed from an alley.

The building appears to have been built sometime between 1903 and 1908, per Sanborn fire insurance maps.

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13301 S. Burley, Hegewisch. Built 1890.

I'm hereby inaugurating a new ongoing series/attempt to make myself post more regularly: this is my first "House of the Day". I thought I’d start the series off with a real doozy, to get people excited! This is 13301 South Burley, in Hegewisch. It was built in 1890, but the only evidence you can see of its advanced age is the deteriorating cornice – everything else is covered in an unfortunate coating of vinyl siding. [blogged]

Better Homes sub-contracted the siding of the shed and house in Broadalbin, NY.

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