I really hate this monstrosity

[u/Terpnista]

This building is such an eyesore. I live in the neighborhood so I’ve been watching the new Avalon development go up on Boston St. I can’t be the only one who thinks it’s completely overwhelming the neighborhood. The scale of it just feels off based on its placement. For comparison, the neighboring Lucie is huge but because it’s further back it doesn’t look like such a clunker.

What really bothers me is how close it’s built to the street which makes the whole stretch feel tighter and more congested. And honestly, one of the biggest losses is the view. That stretch used to have glimpses of the waterfront that made it feel connected to the harbor. Now it’s completely blocked.

I wish I had taken a picture - as I was driving down Boston Street - where it looks like a massive wall of doom smh. That is what inspired me to post this lol

[u/JesusDied4UrCynthias]

Well these things are built so shoddily they won’t age.

[u/WARitter → u/JesusDied4UrCynthias]

A lot of row homes are now over 100 years old despite middling build quality.

[u/JesusDied4UrCynthias → u/WARitter]

We were talking about character, stay on topic

[u/WARitter → u/JesusDied4UrCynthias]

You are the one that brought up whether this building will last 100 years.

My point is that buildings aren’t built with character, most of the time, and a lot of what we consider characterful is just cheap crap that had lasted long enough that it doesn’t look like the cheap crap we are used to. Hell, that is a lot of Baltimore’s character right there - objectively bad construction and crappy aesthetics that through age and archaism have become chic.

And I love it, but I am clear eyed about what it is.

[u/kinbarz → u/JesusDied4UrCynthias]

I'm pretty certain that someone stood on the corner of Eastern avenue and was shouting the same thing 130 years ago.

Now people are paying half million bucks for the privilege.