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Nib 1 year ago
OMG #19 is my old office building, corner of Ravenswood and Lawrence in Chicago!
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Chauncey 1 year ago
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I've seen a couple buildings like this, it's a way to get around building codes. Usually they're grandfathered in on the ground floor footprint so they rebuild the building with those overhangs so they can have a bigger building with the "same" footprint.
I've seen a couple buildings like this, it's a way to get around building codes. Usually they're grandfathered in on the ground floor footprint so they rebuild the building with those overhangs so they can have a bigger building with the "same" footprint.
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Tensey 1 year ago
Chauncey,
They did the same thing in medieval times, house was taxed on area of ground floor, subsequent floors were much larger...
They did the same thing in medieval times, house was taxed on area of ground floor, subsequent floors were much larger...
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Muriel 1 year ago
#35 It’s called GROUND when outside. Not FLOOR.
I've seen a couple buildings like this, it's a way to get around building codes. Usually they're grandfathered in on the ground floor footprint so they rebuild the building with those overhangs so they can have a bigger building with the "same" footprint.
They did the same thing in medieval times, house was taxed on area of ground floor, subsequent floors were much larger...