http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php All comments for Queens Tries To Stop The McMansion en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php#comment-35408 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php#comment-35408 Comments Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:59:20 -0500 <p>Well, the concern is: they don't fit in the neighborhood and devalue the other houses in the neighborhood. The 1st one in the picture on the Newsday Article is located a 3 or 4 blocks off Hillside Avenue and Midland parkway. I pass it regularly and have to say: It's really Fugly. I'm all for a large house, but it should at least fit in the neighborhood. That house says "Cheesy" all over it....</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php#comment-35393 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php#comment-35393 Comments Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:59:03 -0500 <p>They do look horrible, but why should there be laws passed to ban these houses? As long as they are built on their own lots, what's wrong with it?</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php#comment-35387 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/11/18/queens_tries_to_stop_the_mcmansion.php#comment-35387 Comments Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:28:30 -0500 <p>These are all over my mother's neighborhood in Brooklyn. The buildings are built flush on the property line and look like cheap houses on steroids. I loathe them.</p>