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Architecture, Landscape Design, and Interior Design!

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  • NarbusNarbus Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    I don't understand how they could spend 1.5 mil renovating that and then sell it for $350k?

    Feels like there's something else going on.

    There is! Another twitterer posted this:
    hzrAvfD.jpg

    And from the Howard County Sheriff's website:
    Thanks to the citizens of Howard County, who agreed with the special advisory board and the Howard County Commission that a new jail was needed, a bond issue was passed in 2002. The new jail was built adjacent to its predecessor on Mulberry Street and features a modern security system; space to house female prisoners; a recreation room for the prisoners; and a sally port to provide a safer transfer of prisoners. The new facility also includes much-needed office space for the sheriffs and deputies that, up until this point, were located in the courthouse. When the new jail was completed, the old one, which had served Howard County 100 years, was closed. This took place during Sheriff Charlie Polson's time in office. Later, the jail was sold on Ebay and the buyer, a man from California, had it restored.

    So, some rich techbro had it restored and then decided to not live there for whatever reason, would be my guess.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    a community center for all 2689 residents of Fayette, Missouri

    small communities are generally underserved by community and social care facilities

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Narbus wrote: »
    Brolo wrote: »
    I don't understand how they could spend 1.5 mil renovating that and then sell it for $350k?

    Feels like there's something else going on.

    There is! Another twitterer posted this:
    hzrAvfD.jpg

    And from the Howard County Sheriff's website:
    Thanks to the citizens of Howard County, who agreed with the special advisory board and the Howard County Commission that a new jail was needed, a bond issue was passed in 2002. The new jail was built adjacent to its predecessor on Mulberry Street and features a modern security system; space to house female prisoners; a recreation room for the prisoners; and a sally port to provide a safer transfer of prisoners. The new facility also includes much-needed office space for the sheriffs and deputies that, up until this point, were located in the courthouse. When the new jail was completed, the old one, which had served Howard County 100 years, was closed. This took place during Sheriff Charlie Polson's time in office. Later, the jail was sold on Ebay and the buyer, a man from California, had it restored.

    So, some rich techbro had it restored and then decided to not live there for whatever reason, would be my guess.

    So it turns out they’re asking $351k too much for it

  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    Huh. Guessing the owner of the house wanted the county to pay more for the property and held out, and the county called their bluff.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    and the desirability of a parcel of land surrounded on 2 sides by the actual county jail building is probably not high

    BahamutZERO on
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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular

    What is that, about 80 or so years of "well, we need more room - just add another bit"?

  • NarbusNarbus Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    Skeith wrote: »
    Huh. Guessing the owner of the house wanted the county to pay more for the property and held out, and the county called their bluff.

    According to the listing, the house got renovated in 2005, after the new jail was built in 2002. None of this makes any normal sense that I can sort out.

    Narbus on
  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    If the price was right, I'd buy a house like that.

    $1m is definitely not the right price.

    $350k is still not the right price, for me anyways.

    $50k might be.

    bowen on
    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • QuantumTurkQuantumTurk Registered User regular
    I dunno, from the NIMBY perspective my dad always had the take "hell yeah I'd get a house next to the jail, every criminal that can is going AWAY from there". And I feel like the person in the market for jail house Missouri doesn't think the cops there are a detriment like I do.

  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    Hardest part for me is the resale, I'd want to at least be able to sell it again one day.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Well, if you play your cards right, you could have a captive market.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Abandoned - American Dream Mall 18:33
    https://youtu.be/NESqtSQGhhE
    Among all of the victims of the 2009 global financial crisis, there is one property still struggling to find luck in our modern times. The once named Xanadu Mall (now called American Dream) had eaten through billions of dollars, sat abandoned for years and even today is not fully open. Did I mention it's been under construction outside of New York City for over 20 years? Let's take a look at the infamous and morbidly ambitious, American Dream Shopping & Entertainment Complex.

    Peas on
  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Abandoned - Revel Casino Resort 16:28
    https://youtu.be/uu2QudztScc

    On the shores of the struggling Atlantic City sits a shinning, modern glass resort seemingly different to all the other old, tired looking casinos on the iconic boardwalk. Revel was the new development poised to reshape the gambling town and breath life back into the community. However things didn't go as planned. So today I'm looking a bit deeper into how a brand new, billion dollar resort failed so spectacularly and eventually sat abandoned for several years.

    Peas on
  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    I just found out there's an architecture thread! That's neat! I basically took a sabbatical from the forum right when this thread started because I was starting grad school in architecture, and I've been doing all that and licensure and work for a while which kept me away.

    But I'm back now, I'm a licensed architect in Virginia, and I'm exhausted because I'm wrapping up the construction documents on a small project I designed and did all the "project architecture" stuff on (this is my first one), so I'm going to need to collect myself before I dive deeper into that. After construction maybe I'll see about sharing some photos!

    In the meantime, long live brutalism.

  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    Welcome to the thread! now, you must be tested:


    CHOOSE

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    Oh boy there's so much to digest there. This Tuesday morning I'm going with Wonka PoMo. I need something bright and sugary today.

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Icemopper wrote: »
    I just found out there's an architecture thread! That's neat! I basically took a sabbatical from the forum right when this thread started because I was starting grad school in architecture, and I've been doing all that and licensure and work for a while which kept me away.

    But I'm back now, I'm a licensed architect in Virginia, and I'm exhausted because I'm wrapping up the construction documents on a small project I designed and did all the "project architecture" stuff on (this is my first one), so I'm going to need to collect myself before I dive deeper into that. After construction maybe I'll see about sharing some photos!

    In the meantime, long live brutalism.

    Congratulations!

    I've been in a firm over here in MD for 20 years =)

    edit: as a draftsman that is

    Xaquin on
  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    I would totally live in a house like that, that is bad ass.

  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    Why you gotta ruin everyone's fun, MAX?

  • Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    For a second I felt like I was in a world designed by Studio Ghibli and that fucker ruined it

  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    In the world of architecture limited by physics, one interesting project is the home of Antón García-Abril, lead designer of Ensamble Studio. You can see a bunch of images here. It has rather extreme looking cantilevers that feel magical, one of which is a long wading pool that occurs right off the master bedroom. The rest of the magic is that the structure is described by García-Abril as a helix with a 20 ton slab of granite poised at the very top acting as a counterweight.

    He's a fascinating presenter and architect, I definitely recommend looking up more of his work. His house was also featured in part of the Spain episode on the Netflix show "The Worlds Most Extraordinary Homes."

    Here's a short clip of the guy himself:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoixVuRaD4A&feature=emb_rel_pause

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Damn, that house is cool as FUCK.

  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    If you can, check out the Netflix episode. It is hard to get a feel for the space with images alone, and I thought that did a great job of presenting actual life in the home. It is such a beautiful and comfortable looking place, but it holds so well to the ideas of brutalism, it makes a fantastic argument that concrete does not always make a place cold and uninviting.

    I'm also super jealous that one of the show's presenters got to take a swim in that long cantilevered pool.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    It's so fucking brutalist, without going too hard on the "concrete, concrete everywhere" aesthetic some architects have in the past.

    "You think concrete is brutalist? Check out my FUCKING HUGE PIECE OF GRANITE and weep, bitches."

  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited October 2020
  • KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    I'm so conflicted. I can admire the workmanship, but that is too much for me.

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Barcelona is massively expanding its Super-Islands concept where several city blocks are collected into (almost) car free areas and former crossings are turned into public spaces.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/barcelona-s-new-car-free-superblock-will-be-big
    That is pretty cool

  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    So many mirrors and carpet in the bathroom. For the real nightmare turn on the blacklight.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    I don't want to imagine 1: just how many cases of herpes were tramsitted in there, and 2: just how creepy the dime store Hefner that had that built was...

  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    What if this is "If I were rich, I would wear fresh socks every day." taken to the extreme.

    Dry yourself by hedonistically rolling all over the floor like a dog. Then buy a new fucking house and put carpet all over that one's bathroom.

    stimtokolos on
  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    I love mirrors and even I might consider that a bit much for a regular bedroom

    Now if this is the sort of house where you've got a regular bedroom elsewhere and that's just the orgy room, I reckon I'm a bit more interested

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    Also you trap all that bad energy in there you can't have mirrors facing each other or spirits can get caught etc we all know this.

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    The clutter is also v bad

  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Also you trap all that bad energy in there you can't have mirrors facing each other or spirits can get caught etc we all know this.

    They're all angled so I think we're good here actually

  • KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    Man, I hate mirrors as it is, no way in hell do I want to be anywhere that is all mirror.

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