Somerville Infill and Small Developments

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[RandomWalk]

That is a definite improvement on the commercial garage that occupied the site. The format of two triple deckers and one or two ADUs is the new formula for building in Somerville.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Finally some action on this property. Across street from Greentown Labs along Somerville Ave. Looked like a sidewalk auction happening today. It’s been sitting half-started for 5 years or more.

 

[393b40]

No pictures but the small building going up next to Red Bones in Davis has a core and steel rising. I was surprised it had a steel first floor considering its not supposed to be very big from what I recall.

 

[-anarresti-]

A triple-decker sized pit has opened up on Liberty Rd in a former parking lot. No idea what the plan is though.

 

[RandomWalk]

It’s a new cottage ADU as part of 163 Morrison.

 

[RandomWalk]

No pictures but the small building going up next to Red Bones in Davis has a core and steel rising. I was surprised it had a steel first floor considering its not supposed to be very big from what I recall.

 

[-anarresti-]

It’s a new cottage ADU as part of 163 Morrison.

Do you know any more details about this one?

 

[RandomWalk]

Just what is available on the permit search, since it is a by right project.

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Wow, that’s lame - the graffiti. It’s so weirdly specific about the grey paint.

 

[ball_square]

I mean, they're right. It's a tragedy that all new builds and renovations seem to be grey or beige because that's the "safe" thing for a house going on the market.

 

[RandomWalk]

Whenever I browse Zillow for amusement, I skip right over the desaturated flipper specials.

 

[Longfellow]

Hey, like it or not, it's art, who are we to criticize it?

I also think as far as the message goes, criticizing things for being grey is genuinely more likely to get ppl on your side than worrying about gentrifiers

 

[Justbuildit]

This is less than a quarter mile from Harvard's campus, houses are already going for $700/sf + in the area and it's a block from $3M-$5M single family homes. Surely the type of person who tags buildings under construction is the "right kind" of Somerville resident who is in no way responsible for the gentrification they decry...vandalizing buildings because you don't like the aesthetics of the paint color is such a little baby move.

 

[as02155]

It's Millenial grey. Which apparently according to trend-followers will soon be turning into Millenial Green. Soon, we'll see graffiti saying "why is this green".

 

[Longfellow]

Yeah the gut reno down the street from my apartment is a very satured forest green. It's really peculiar, but at least it's not grey I guess?

 

[Dr. Rosen Rosen]

Somerville home vandalized with graffiti protesting gentrification

Graffiti is making a statement in Somerville. A home under construction was recently vandalized with messages protesting gentrification. And it’s highlighting the tension between new development and affordability in this Massachusetts city. The graffiti may have targeted one home in Somerville...

www.nbcboston.com

 

[Stlin]

Somerville home vandalized with graffiti protesting gentrification

Graffiti is making a statement in Somerville. A home under construction was recently vandalized with messages protesting gentrification. And it’s highlighting the tension between new development and affordability in this Massachusetts city. The graffiti may have targeted one home in Somerville...

www.nbcboston.com

3 separate notes:

1) per reddit, that tag has been there for at least a month. I don't know I feel about a developer not caring enough to remove it before a camera crew shows up from the local news, so I'm thinking there's some backstory here we're missing.

2) as far as I can tell, there wasn't much discussion of that tag since then, except for the recent posts in this thread. Does a NBC10 producer or editor lurk here, & needed something for a slow news day?

3) Given the limited amount I know about the spectrum of "graffiti etiquette," (as far as I'm aware - common are no personal property (peoples houses & cars, mom & pop shops), no nature, etc) - this house admittedly is a grey area, but I'm going to opine that this is a disgruntled neighbor, and should be thought of as more vandalism with spray paint as the medium than as graffiti - and actual graffiti folks are likely pissed that they're getting bad press.

 

[stick n move]

3 separate notes:

1) per reddit, that tag has been there for at least a month. I don't know I feel about a developer not caring enough to remove it before a camera crew shows up from the local news, so I'm thinking there's some backstory here we're missing.

2) as far as I can tell, there wasn't much discussion of that tag since then, except for the recent posts in this thread. Does a NBC10 producer or editor lurk here, & needed something for a slow news day?

3) Given the limited amount I know about the spectrum of "graffiti etiquette," (as far as I'm aware - common are no personal property (peoples houses & cars, mom & pop shops), no nature, etc) - this house admittedly is a grey area, but I'm going to opine that this is a disgruntled neighbor, and should be thought of as more vandalism with spray paint as the medium than as graffiti - and actual graffiti folks are likely pissed that they're getting bad press.

I sometimes wonder who lurks here and if some things discussed here influence any decisions. Hard to know.