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Great Moments in Greenpoint Vinyl Siding, Volume II
Last week “Dupreciate” left a compelling comment regarding my first installment of Greenpoint vinyl siding goodness. He wrote:
This past Sunday I noticed a building on Nassau getting a nice vinyl siding upgrade, as the original siding was dry-rotted and falling off the building. Rather than replace the offending layer, these dudes were just throwing up new siding over the old. I like to think that this building (and others like it), are only going to get bigger and bigger as the years pass as more layers are tacked on.
For the last week I have been unable to get the previous image out of my mind. What’s more, this weekend I found evidence that what “Dupreciate” saw is not an uncommon practice. Here’s a couple of pictures of a house getting a makeover on Nassau Avenue.
Yummy.
I envision vinyl siding gradually swallowing all its non-sheathed companions like a python. Fedders buildings, Belvederes, 110 Green Street and tasteful residences alike will be easy prey. Resistance is futile. Eventually Greenpoint will become one giant conglomerated mass of mismatched siding. Sheltered from the elements we will dwell within this dark labyrinth like a tribe of Morlocks.
Or would that be Polocks?
Miss Heather
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2 Comments on Great Moments in Greenpoint Vinyl Siding, Volume II
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virago on
Tue, 29th May 2007 10:50 am
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missheather on
Tue, 29th May 2007 10:52 am
This is the same approach I discovered when I pulled up the carpet in the house that I bought:
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL18/604771/3867513/45199376.jpg
Who knows how high my kitchen ceiling used to be?
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