My latest op ed for Curbed, tackling the saying "We don't build em like we used to."
Added 2019-01-16 18:19:21 +0000 UTCThere's a reason for that!
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For a time I lived in a c. 1907 house in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, which was probably built on spec. A fairly large house, probably aimed at a banker's family or some such. It was beautiful to look at. Art nouveau-ish woodwork, stained glass windows, parquet floors. But when you got up close you could see that the decorative woodwork was rather badly turned out and totally unsanded before it was painted, and basically everything was done 1908 cheap. That was very reassuring to me. Whenever I feel sad about the state of modern dwellings I try to remember that.
Alaina Zulli
2019-01-17 17:09:10 +0000 UTCSomething my partner and I debate often...is it POSSIBLE to make an attractive living space when using cheap, efficient modern materials? I want to believe it is. And if it is, all this crap we are subjected to is just laziness (bad design, shoddy installation).
Alaina Zulli
2019-01-17 17:02:17 +0000 UTC
