8/3/21
8/2/21
I hate this House
Talk about tiny houses!
I spotted this house years ago while dining in SOHA.
Visually, it was very upsetting to me. The person I was dining with was surprised at my agitation.
I am claustrophobic, I had ecxplained. Not only is this house tiny (810 ft) but most of its light source is from the four, tiny, BLACK stain glass windows on its east side. No windows on the weast side of course which is what, 2.5 feet from the house next to it?
Sure, there's windows in the south facing front but if you're home on a rainy day?
I spotted this house years ago while dining in SOHA.
Visually, it was very upsetting to me. The person I was dining with was surprised at my agitation.
I am claustrophobic, I had ecxplained. Not only is this house tiny (810 ft) but most of its light source is from the four, tiny, BLACK stain glass windows on its east side. No windows on the weast side of course which is what, 2.5 feet from the house next to it?
Sure, there's windows in the south facing front but if you're home on a rainy day?
He's Out There
Text from the boi currently in the Wild:
Picking berries along the trail on a great evening. Helmet Hair is a little outa hand.
8/1/21
Don't Cry for Me, Juniata! Gentrification in Tower Grove South, St Louis
Five years ago, the 2 four unit apartment buildings to the east of us were redeveloped into 'townhouses'. A total of eight units which were 2 Section 8 buildings, became 4 condos. Seen below, the buildings are twins. The front bottom windows don't open.
My displaced neighbors were scattered.
Three years ago the two unit (two family) Section 8 building, also to the east of us, was rehabbed and went on the market for 415K. It sold in ten days for 410K.
It went back on the market this spring. The owner was asking 475K and it sold the same day for 525K. (The new owner has said to me, Look, I've raised your property value! Ah, I had replied, the mantra of the yuppie!)
We've lost many friends and neighbors and our block has become increasingly bright white. Many of them display their Black Lives Matter signs.
This summer, 3 other four unit apartment buildings which were also Section 8 housing, sold and are currently under rehab.
Our block used to have 80% black residents. Most were renters with three homes being black owned.
There's goes the neighborhood. Specifically 4200 Juniata.
My displaced neighbors were scattered.
Three years ago the two unit (two family) Section 8 building, also to the east of us, was rehabbed and went on the market for 415K. It sold in ten days for 410K.
It went back on the market this spring. The owner was asking 475K and it sold the same day for 525K. (The new owner has said to me, Look, I've raised your property value! Ah, I had replied, the mantra of the yuppie!)
We've lost many friends and neighbors and our block has become increasingly bright white. Many of them display their Black Lives Matter signs.
This summer, 3 other four unit apartment buildings which were also Section 8 housing, sold and are currently under rehab.
Our block used to have 80% black residents. Most were renters with three homes being black owned.
There's goes the neighborhood. Specifically 4200 Juniata.
The snuggle
Bellie snuggles by climbing on my head whien I'm on the sofa wanting a nap. Dogs are weird.
7/31/21
In the Wild
I've been hitting the thrifts since I as 14.
My first visit to a Goodwill store was so exciting. A collection of previously unseen OLD things! It's where I developed my interests: Archaeology. Design. Textiles. History.
And weirdly fun stuff like this. Ganymede?
My first visit to a Goodwill store was so exciting. A collection of previously unseen OLD things! It's where I developed my interests: Archaeology. Design. Textiles. History.
And weirdly fun stuff like this. Ganymede?
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