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re: WYBI: Uptown house for $1.45M
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:40 am to SirWinston
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:40 am to SirWinston
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No it's just way better aesthetically now than it was before.
What did it look like before? This?
Theyre building some of these designs on the hillside here, and they are fricking ugly, and no one wants them. This is one of those designs that architectural fart sniffers love, and everyone else hates.
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Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:40 am to RogerTheShrubber
actually like the house.. wish it wasn't wrapped in New Orleans
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:42 am to lsupride87
quote:doesn't zion live in a gated community in kenner though?
Zion had to go to war to get an inside movie theatre approved for his house. Something that the outside public can’t even see and wouldn’t even know about.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:42 am to yaboidarrell
Ugly
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:45 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Zion had to go to war to get an inside movie theatre approved for his house. Something that the outside public can’t even see and wouldn’t even know about.
Zion's mom wanted to add a third story so Zion could have a theater to "watch film", i.e. play Rock Band and eat doritos with his friends
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:48 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Uptown
doesn't zion live in a gated community in kenner though?
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:49 am to yaboidarrell
It sticks out like a sore thumb in New Orleans. It looks like a commercial building or something you'd see on the southern California Pacific coast.
I assumed New Orleans would have very restrictive covenants governing the facade of residential housing.
I assumed New Orleans would have very restrictive covenants governing the facade of residential housing.
This post was edited on 11/9/21 at 8:50 am
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:54 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Zion had to go to war to get an inside movie theatre approved for his house. Something that the outside public can’t even see and wouldn’t even know about.
doesn't zion live in a gated community in kenner though?
It was for his mom's house in the Garden District.
But to lsupride - you raise a very good point. It's incredibly difficult to modify the design of older houses in New Orleans. There's a ton of red tape. It's odd that the owners of this house on Walnut Street were allowed to make such a radical change to the facade of their house (which faces Audubon Park).
Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:59 am to GentleJackJones
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I assumed New Orleans would have very restrictive covenants governing the facade of residential housing.
They do--particularly in historic areas--which is what is so strange about the changes made to this house on Walnut Street.
This website provides an explanation of the different historic districts in the City and the level of oversight that the City and other commissions have over any proposed design changes to houses in those districts.
This post was edited on 11/9/21 at 9:00 am
Posted on 11/9/21 at 9:48 am to Who_Dat_Tiger
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Maybe if I was facing an ocean or mountains all that glass would be great. Facing the street, no thanks.
Well, to be fair, it faces Audubon Park.
On weekends, they'll get to see all the "cultchural" Family Reunions where they all have the same t-shirt right from the front porch.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 9:55 am to MMauler
quote:how often is that happening at audobon park?
On weekends, they'll get to see all the "cultchural" Family Reunions where they all have the same t-shirt right from the front porch.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 10:05 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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how often is that happening at audobon park?
Since Covid, I don't know.
However, there was a time when I lived Uptown where it seemed like you could count on it EVERY weekend. I once commented on it when I was up there with a friend and he told me that you could reserve that outdoor "picnic area" where they all congregate. The "picnic area" below is about 1/2 block from the house in the OP. But, there would still be several "Families of Cultcha" having reunions all around there pretty much every weekend.
Here's the "picnic area" I'm referring to --
Posted on 11/9/21 at 10:13 am to MMauler
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However, there was a time when I lived Uptown where it seemed like you could count on it EVERY weekend. I once commented on it when I was up there with a friend and he told me that you could reserve that outdoor "picnic area" where they all congregate. The "picnic area" below is about 1/2 block from the house in the OP. But, there would still be several "Families of Cultcha" having reunions all around there pretty much every weekend.
God damn Black people…*check notes*…spending time outside with their family
Posted on 11/9/21 at 10:18 am to chillygentilly
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God damn Black people…*check notes*…spending time outside with their family
I don't give a f*ck what color they are or when they decided to have their family reunions -- even with the stupid f*cking t-shirts.
But, I don't want them (or anyone) doing it right in front of my house every f*cking weekend. Of course, that's why I would never buy a house right across from that area of Audubon Park.
Happy, you f*cking RACIST?
Posted on 11/9/21 at 10:23 am to LSBoosie
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Cool house but it's crazy to me how people will pay that much money for a house with no yard.
It's on the edge of Audubon Park, so I doubt they're concerned with having enough yard space to run around in. Plenty of room a few steps away.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 11:58 am to yaboidarrell
I did not see a garage in the photos. No parking garage?
I have to park on the street for that kind of money?
Nope.
I have to park on the street for that kind of money?
Nope.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 12:16 pm to yaboidarrell
I am an architect so here's my opinion. So many wrongs in that house.
1. Does not belong in the N.O. setting
2. Would be ok at a beachfront or even in the middle of the woods/mountains
3. 2nd & 3rd floors look like an office building
4. 1st level and garden look more warming as a home than upper floors
5. Those window mullions look horrible b/c they are so many of them. Imagine how different the windows would look with no mullions or only 1 in the middle
5. that open balcony at roof has no creativity whatsoever
6. for that amount of money that they are asking, they should have at least furr out that skinny looking pipe column, which doesn't even align with the window mullion above
7. the railing on the 1st level does not even match the railing at the roof
8. there's a wood fence at one side and picket fence on the other side.
I mean I could go on and on.
1. Does not belong in the N.O. setting
2. Would be ok at a beachfront or even in the middle of the woods/mountains
3. 2nd & 3rd floors look like an office building
4. 1st level and garden look more warming as a home than upper floors
5. Those window mullions look horrible b/c they are so many of them. Imagine how different the windows would look with no mullions or only 1 in the middle
5. that open balcony at roof has no creativity whatsoever
6. for that amount of money that they are asking, they should have at least furr out that skinny looking pipe column, which doesn't even align with the window mullion above
7. the railing on the 1st level does not even match the railing at the roof
8. there's a wood fence at one side and picket fence on the other side.
I mean I could go on and on.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 12:57 pm to MMauler
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But, there would still be several "Families of Cultcha" having reunions all around there pretty much every weekend.
You seem like a good person
Posted on 11/9/21 at 1:00 pm to yaboidarrell
I would take my $1.45M elsewhere.
Posted on 11/9/21 at 2:57 pm to brewhan davey
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This website provides an explanation of the different historic districts in the City and the level of oversight that the City and other commissions have over any proposed design changes to houses in those districts
I'm guessing it is because Zion was applying to demolish >50% of the existing roof structure of a "Significant" rated building in a historic district. Based on the chart you provided, the HDLC has a higher level of oversight on demolitions than they do on design. Can't find the rating for 508 Walnut, but it probably is not "significant", nor can I find the meeting minutes for when the renovations were approved.
However, I did find the permit for the facade at Walnut ( here), and it looks like they decided that property was not a part of any HDLC (odd to me). Here are the minutes from the HDLC meeting where they denied Zion's request: Pg. 4, Section IX, Item A
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