At Face Value

Low Density, Politics and economics, Rob Stephenson, Survey, Territory and mobility, Urban Omnibus, Urban Omnibus, Urban Paradigms

Built Environment & Low Density, Housing, New York, Photographic Atlas of the Cities, Photography, Politics, Survey, Urban Paradigms, Urban sprawl, USA

Originally published in Urban Omnibus, 2018 -- https://urbanomnibus.net/2017/02/at-face-value/

Clad in stone, brick, wood, vinyl, shingles, or stucco, row houses represent a swath of architectural styles and every kind of variation on a theme. Facades might be sculpturally rich, have tacked on ornament, or remain unadorned. This is a key characteristic of New York’s rows: They form an ensemble but are almost never uniform. Siblings, but not twins.