Tuesday, September 6, 2016

charming building

Oakland is full of lovely old apartment buildings like this one.  Because housing has gotten so expensive, there is now a building boom going on here in town.  I doubt many of us could afford what the new apartments and condos will cost.  So the new construction will not offer much relief from exorbitant rents.  The long term outcomes of this cycle will not be pretty.

Posted by Oakland Daily Photo at 11:06 PM
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8 comments:

  1. SamiSeptember 7, 2016 at 12:30 AM

    A very charming building. Housing prices are becoming un-affordable in Australia too, which is sad for the younger generation...

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  2. AndySeptember 7, 2016 at 2:50 AM

    It is a classic. I like the balconies.

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  3. William KendallSeptember 7, 2016 at 8:41 AM

    It's happening here in some of our cities too.

    I do like the style.

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  4. ellen b.September 7, 2016 at 5:12 PM

    Those center windows are interesting...

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  5. HalcyonSeptember 8, 2016 at 3:01 AM

    Traditionally one of the advantages of Berlin is that housing and cost of living is cheap (esp for a European capital city). But we are headed this way too...

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  6. CloudiaSeptember 8, 2016 at 10:25 AM

    I hear you, but that is a cool building

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  7. Billy Blue EyesSeptember 11, 2016 at 11:59 PM

    Your right but I do like the building

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  8. LuiZ FernandoSSeptember 15, 2016 at 7:02 AM

    We have architecture like that. I regret that people enclose verandahs. It may be more confortable there in winter, but not here.

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