Comments on: Boxes upon boxes upon boxes http://manolohome.com/2008/04/30/boxes-upon-boxes-upon-boxes/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jo http://manolohome.com/2008/04/30/boxes-upon-boxes-upon-boxes/#comment-806 Jo Thu, 01 May 2008 09:31:38 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/04/30/boxes-upon-boxes-upon-boxes/#comment-806 They also leak. And there's no way to get anywhere from home except by car, which in Montreal is a pain in the ass. Twistie, they look a whole lot less boring in person--they seem to receed and come forward, and the sunlight makes the browns all different shades. But still, given the price, plumbing and roofing issues, and the fact that a lot of the original spaces got chopped up into smaller apartments....nah. They also leak. And there’s no way to get anywhere from home except by car, which in Montreal is a pain in the ass.

Twistie, they look a whole lot less boring in person–they seem to receed and come forward, and the sunlight makes the browns all different shades. But still, given the price, plumbing and roofing issues, and the fact that a lot of the original spaces got chopped up into smaller apartments….nah.

]]> By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/04/30/boxes-upon-boxes-upon-boxes/#comment-805 Twistie Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:01 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/04/30/boxes-upon-boxes-upon-boxes/#comment-805 Funnily enough, this just doesn't appeal to me the way the Redneck Manse did. I think it may be the fact that every unit is the same brown and it winds up looking a bit like a sculpture made of shoeboxes to me. It is, however, an interesting architechtural feat. Perhaps if it was more colorful, it would appeal to me more. Funnily enough, this just doesn’t appeal to me the way the Redneck Manse did. I think it may be the fact that every unit is the same brown and it winds up looking a bit like a sculpture made of shoeboxes to me. It is, however, an interesting architechtural feat.

Perhaps if it was more colorful, it would appeal to me more.

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