Comments on: Playing Townhouse Tag in the Near Northside http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:56:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Frank http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-56178 Frank Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:34:40 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-56178 This maybe a joke to you guys but for those of us who live in these neighborhoods it's a real problem. It's NOT art to us. Please help our neighborhood by reporting this property to the city's 311 website @ https://webintake.houstontx.gov/web_intake/Controller The address to these buildings is: 412 Eichwurzel Lane Houston Texas 77009. This maybe a joke to you guys but for those of us who live in these neighborhoods it’s a real problem. It’s NOT art to us. Please help our neighborhood by reporting this property to the city’s 311 website @
https://webintake.houstontx.gov/web_intake/Controller
The address to these buildings is:
412 Eichwurzel Lane Houston Texas 77009.

]]> By: Miz Brooke Smith http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38719 Miz Brooke Smith Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:33:33 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38719 Emme, you have hit the nail on the head. Emme, you have hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: EMME http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38708 EMME Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:04:47 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38708 Elizabeth says, "When did it become cool to destroy others’ property?" Looks to me like the builders are destroying the properties of their neighbors. Elizabeth says, “When did it become cool to destroy others’ property?”

Looks to me like the builders are destroying the properties of their neighbors.

]]> By: Dave http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38542 Dave Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:37:42 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38542 I don't think the graffiti or "criminal activity" per se is aethetically pleasing, but the existence of some color certainly is. And I should hope developers expect *someone* to find their houses aethetically pleasing, and thus buy them, right? I also agree that some awnings, a shade canopy, some trees and plants, etc. would go a long way to help, but it would bother me as a seller to realize you had to put that much lipstick on my pig. I admit the houses aren't evil, I just think they're ugly, the same way (apologies to my aunt) country-blue-with-ducks makes me want to weep. I don’t think the graffiti or “criminal activity” per se is aethetically pleasing, but the existence of some color certainly is. And I should hope developers expect *someone* to find their houses aethetically pleasing, and thus buy them, right? I also agree that some awnings, a shade canopy, some trees and plants, etc. would go a long way to help, but it would bother me as a seller to realize you had to put that much lipstick on my pig. I admit the houses aren’t evil, I just think they’re ugly, the same way (apologies to my aunt) country-blue-with-ducks makes me want to weep.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38526 Elizabeth Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:42:07 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38526 Dave - one more question for you. If you find the graffitti so "aesthetically pleasing" why don't you volunteer to reimburse the owner for the costs they are certainly going to incur to erase any sign of criminal damage that has been done to make the house market ready? Dave - one more question for you. If you find the graffitti so “aesthetically pleasing” why don’t you volunteer to reimburse the owner for the costs they are certainly going to incur to erase any sign of criminal damage that has been done to make the house market ready?

]]> By: Elizabeth http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38505 Elizabeth Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:45:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38505 Dave, why don't you ask the owner of these properties whether or not they find the graffitti "aesthetically pleasing"? My guess is that they won't agree with you. Besides, is it their obligation to develop property that you find aesthetically pleasing? It's a sad day when folks become comfortable with criminal activity for the sake of aesthetics. Dave, why don’t you ask the owner of these properties whether or not they find the graffitti “aesthetically pleasing”? My guess is that they won’t agree with you. Besides, is it their obligation to develop property that you find aesthetically pleasing? It’s a sad day when folks become comfortable with criminal activity for the sake of aesthetics.

]]> By: b.s. http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38476 b.s. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:13:52 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38476 Tags are in that font because there's an art history to it that started in the 60s. It's like pop art; people still make it today, but most of it is hackneyed trite. You really have to push the envelope to do something exceptional while using that bubble-letter style (or any tagger staple). Lots of people have moved on to wheatpasting. There is still a group devoted to it because of their environment- just like people who sit in gardens decide to take a class and paint Impressionist paintings. ps- there is a silly low brick wall about five feet away. Not enough bricks for a veneer. Tags are in that font because there’s an art history to it that started in the 60s. It’s like pop art; people still make it today, but most of it is hackneyed trite. You really have to push the envelope to do something exceptional while using that bubble-letter style (or any tagger staple).

Lots of people have moved on to wheatpasting. There is still a group devoted to it because of their environment- just like people who sit in gardens decide to take a class and paint Impressionist paintings.

ps- there is a silly low brick wall about five feet away. Not enough bricks for a veneer.

]]> By: movocelot http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38465 movocelot Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:15:22 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38465 Ok, surely Dave, having “a silly brick veneer on one side” would not make these townhomes better. In fact, I believe in another part of town, they would be lived in right now. BEING LIVED IN is all they need! They’re not inherently evil really. IF built to modern, efficient standards, they are damn good places to live! …some bouganvilla & tomatoes trellised up the side of the home, palms near the property line, colorful geometic shade-sails affixed to the high verandas, blade-type awnings on the south- and west-side windows… It’s just a place to live afterall! Ok, surely Dave, having “a silly brick veneer on one side” would not make these townhomes better.
In fact, I believe in another part of town, they would be lived in right now.
BEING LIVED IN is all they need! They’re not inherently evil really. IF built to modern, efficient standards, they are damn good places to live!
…some bouganvilla & tomatoes trellised up the side of the home, palms near the property line, colorful geometic shade-sails affixed to the high verandas, blade-type awnings on the south- and west-side windows…
It’s just a place to live afterall!

]]> By: Al http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38456 Al Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:35:50 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38456 I pass by these boxes nearly every day on the way home. Three of the ugliest things every built. Only competition is some similar boxes built on the South SH Tollway some years ago. Those are torn down now, thankfully. Dare we hope for the same fate for these? I pass by these boxes nearly every day on the way home. Three of the ugliest things every built. Only competition is some similar boxes built on the South SH Tollway some years ago. Those are torn down now, thankfully.

Dare we hope for the same fate for these?

]]> By: Phil http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38449 Phil Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:06:41 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38449 WORST. TAGJOB. EVER. WORST.
TAGJOB.
EVER.

]]> By: Hugo http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38448 Hugo Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:03:07 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38448 Get it Dave! ;) Get it Dave! ;)

]]> By: Dave http://swamplot.com/playing-townhouse-tag-in-the-near-northside/2009-08-07/#comment-38438 Dave Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:53:31 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11285#comment-38438 Also, as an aesthetic aside, is it some sort of tradition, or just the mechanics of writing with a spray can, that all graffiti, no matter where, seems to have the same writing style (the font, as it were) ? Also, as an aesthetic aside, is it some sort of tradition, or just the mechanics of writing with a spray can, that all graffiti, no matter where, seems to have the same writing style (the font, as it were) ?

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