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Re:Boston Mayor Wu Announces Residential Conversion Program ... by SoftTalker on Thursday July 13, 2023 @07:47PM (#36717624)
Chicago lots are long and narrow. Typical Chicago residential lot is 25x100 or so. Street in front, alley in the back, garage if you have one is a separate building fronting the alley. Many houses are built as "two flats" or "three flats" i.e. two or three houses stacked on top of each other.
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Re:Boston Mayor Wu Announces Residential Conversion Program ... by TylerE on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:28PM (#36717938)
I was a bit surprised by this, but, yea, pulled up random part of chicago and it's basically exasctly as described.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chicago,+IL/@41.7332309,-8...

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Re:Boston Mayor Wu Announces Residential Conversion Program ... by achileas on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:04AM (#36719680)
This is really common in and around Boston too. The architectural style is from the area and we cal them three deckers (in Boston) or triple deckers (everywhere else). Lot size is probably similar, and they’re still highly valued (if kept up) to this day because of their construction and other benefits. I live in one now and others around me go for 750k+

https://www.dotnews.com/columns/2014/glorious-three-decker

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