I saw it gleaming in the distance and couldn’t quite tell what it was.
While this column doesn’t tend to offer commentary on paint colors–that seems much more personal and an individual matter of taste than well established rules of architecture–it seemed this one was slightly beyond a chartreuse/ neon orange combo. The focus of WTH is the variety of odd remuddling choices people will act out on the exterior of an unsuspecting house: tiny windows in a sea of siding or otherwise bastardizing the original intent of the design.
Had the window and door openings not been treated in the manner they are (what’s UP with the one little window within a boarded up window space?), I may have had to skip this one.
However, as I made my way around to catch the view of the various sides of the house, it seemed too good not to share. And begs the question: should you be able to turn your home into a giant art billboard?
I both gasped and smiled at this thing and have still yet to come up with a final determination… what say you?
Location: Cable Street, West Side
9 Comments on "WTH: Taste the Rainbow"
That house looks like one that once was hdqtrs for a motorcycle gang.
I love it! I wish it wasn’t vacant.
It’s the green way of disposing of paint….
Just a shot in the dark: a student art project?
Eh, I kind of admire it. Not saying I’d have it, but at least someone dared to dream.
I like it. I would not mind living there as a rental. The little window is an odd touch, though.
A vampire clearly lives there.
I LOVE This place. Inspires me to rethink some of the exterior design I’m doing to my house. I’m particularly fond of the red section…seems like digital pixels. Very neat!
This is how I remember a lot of this area looking in the 70s, with some additional woodrot and assorted unoccupied people sitting around in their undershirts in the middle of the day (both sexes), yelling at their Kool-Aid-stained kids. I’m SO thrilled the area’s no longer like that!