· Nathan Marsak  · 1 min read

1529 N. Winona Blvd

Just a quick post, didn’t want this gorgeous 1913 G. L. Synder-designed Hollywood home to fly under the radar. You know what has character? A beautiful old Craftsman lurking behind the

Just a quick post, didn’t want this gorgeous 1913 G. L. Synder-designed Hollywood home to fly under the radar. You know what has character? A beautiful old Craftsman lurking behind the

Just a quick post, didn’t want this gorgeous 1913 G. L. Synder-designed Hollywood home to fly under the radar.

1529 N. Winona Blvd

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Tearing this down and building a three story building is, literally, intended to conserve the scale of the existing neighborhood:

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And you thought I was kidding

You know what has character? A beautiful old Craftsman lurking behind the foliage deep in Hollywood—

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But this makes your overlords the YIMBYs yell DIE DIE DIE!!! And they run out with their pitchforks and axes.

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Thank God! Now we’ve solved the housing crisis!!!

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The BOX! They yell. We must build the GREAT FEATURELESS BOX!

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If you dare to disagree with the Great Featureless Box you are a NIMBY, and therefore Worse Than Hitler.

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