There goes the neighborhood

BEFORE

AFTER

How dramatically a change of scenery can alter the character of its foreground. 

Such was the fate of this Georgian Revival building in Watertown, Mass., built in the 1940s for masonry contractor T. Stuart & Son. It was handily backgrounded by stone and brick yards and handsomely growing ivy collegiate-style, until it all gave way to high-end residential development that totally changes the building's visual context, most notably by giving it the high-end luxury condos and apartments it had happily lived without for a century, keeping the town affordable, until now.

There goes the neighborhood!

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Sources:

Kokoros, Teddy, "You Know You're From Watertown, MA If......", Facebook, June 30, 2024, https://www.facebook.com/groups/WatertownStrong/posts/8739398082753858/

"T. Stuart & Son Company," New Hampshire Company Directory, https://www.nhcompanyregistry.com/companies/t-stuart-son-company/