I enjoy the Liminal Spaces section on Reddit. The term is defined visually, not verbally. Seems to be long narrow repetitive views, like hotel halls or stairways or sewers.
Many of the pics are from night-shift workers who have more responsibilities than duties. I used to work such jobs and enjoyed patrolling the rooms and halls, so I empathize with the feeling of the photographer.
Some pics show modern developments of identical McMansions, all gables and garages. This degree of repetition is new. Old developers tried to alternate slightly different forms and colors and textures.
Even the old style of development looks repetitive compared to my neighborhood, a thoroughly assorted mix of sizes and styles and ages, from 1910 to RIGHT NOW.
The RIGHT NOW house may be the most assorted of all. The same crew who renovated the long-vacant apartments and then built two new houses across from the apartments have started a new project, also adjacent to the apts.
I’ve marked the locations on this aerial map from the city’s official mapping site. New house 1 and New house 2 were platted as lots but not yet built at the time of the picture.
I can date this map precisely, since I took a picture at the exact same stage of construction, on March 16, 2019.
The rectangle marked RIGHT NOW is a newly divided lot, much smaller than others, maybe even breaking my record for the smallest occupied lot in this quarter of town.
The crew first tore down the garage. I was puzzled because the garage was in good shape. Then they formed a larger foundation and built a longer garage in the same spot. Again puzzlement. Why not just add a shed? This week their purpose finally showed up. The long garage is a house, not a garage. It has a second story in the middle, about two rooms long. So the house is like a three-box car. Hood in front for the engine, cabin in the middle for the people, trunk in back for the kitchen. It’s designed to reflect the two-story apts on the other side of the street.
These contractors are doing an excellent job of reflecting and harmonizing in all directions. Each of their new houses esthetically ramps toward the nearest existing house. No jarring surprises.
Polistra's Mill 