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It's weird to me that people make fun of McMansions, which yes look goofy, but old Victorians in San Francisco are literally boxes with mass-produced ornaments nailed in front like a plastic doll house. they're all fancy colored now but when made they were plain white.
You notice how the tacked on facade stretches above the actual roof? That's to make it look bigger, like a mansion. It's literally catfishing you with height to hide it's working class roots and its soooooo tacky. Developers could've hid that better.
I love Victorians by the way but many of the quasi-row houses in San Francisco people will pay millions for are so clearly not the artist mastery people in today's time think they are.
As a Victorian fan I think they should be preserved. But they would've worked better as attached rowhouses. When viewed from the side it's like someone wearing a mask. The baywindows are an easy trick to distract from the facade.
Here's non bay windows...makes it a lot clearer
Here's non bay windows...makes it a lot clearer
Also I'm just being silly lol calm down everyone
Ok now this is a high quality Victorian in similar protruding style in my neighborhood. No shoddy craftman work to hide here. And keeps the original colors, not some post 60s rainbow, thus not creating the illusion of nonexistent ornaments and curves like the OP.
Correct. The point of this thread isn't to sincerely attack those Vics. But i'm echoing the criticisms of them at the time. That, what has been hidden with age and culture, is actually a pretty shoddy shack emulating better, well crafted Victorians. https://twitter.com/theGreaterMarin/status/1329768460461731842?s=20
But guess what I still like all Victorians. My favorite Victorians are rustic Vics. From the high quality mansions to the quickly assembled catalogue developer craftmans, they're all nice.
These ones in Oakland are some of my favorite. The wood work is incredible.
These ones in Oakland are some of my favorite. The wood work is incredible.
