Description
This is the second part of a three-part semester-long project. In this phase, you will take on the perspective of one of the buildings you identified in the first part of the semester project. You will create the building’s short semifictional “autobiography” one year after it was built, explaining the specific forces that created it, the context where it appears (in the past), and how it was used. You will call on facts about the neighborhood or city that you discover through external research.Requirements1. Write an 800-word autobiography of your building that must:—Discuss why and how it (you!) came to be, even if you’re guessing/speculating —Discuss its “current” use (again, writing from one year after it was built)—Be grounded in at least three facts (dates, names, etc.)—Incorporate an analysis of the form of the building
Running head: FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
Features Present in the Buildings in my Block
University of Illinois at Chicago
Kavishka Patel
03/09/2021
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FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
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Block Shape and Neighborhood type
According to most features present in my block’s apartments, I would say that my
neighborhood type is the Greek Revival housed neighborhood. From most of the roof-wall
junction styles, my neighborhood houses have small cave overhanging with a sweeping bang of
trim below. Some of the houses have roof forms with a low pitch side gable. The door structures
are rectangular transom which represents Greek revival houses. In some buildings, the support
porch clearly shows the buildings are of Greek Revival, while others have classical and
simplifying columns. The windows are also large with bold muntin, and some have two over two
panes and others six over six panes.
FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
Building characters
Building one: may have been built 20 years ago.
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The building seems to have no personal compound.
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It has no fence or gate.
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The building has a good relationship with the environment because of the trees outside.
Also, the road and streets are clean.
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It has large windows which allow the residents to have clear and good views.
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The parking area outside the building is just enough and clean.
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FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
Building two: possibly built 10 years ago.
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At the entrance of the building, there is a US flag.
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The building is a one-story building design.
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The distance it has left to the neighboring building is around half a meter.
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It has staircases outside that lead to the main door.
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It has a small compound with very few flowers.
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FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
Building three: seems a little older, so may have been built 25 to 30 years ago.
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The building is on the left side of building two.
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It is a three-story building with a small compound.
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The compound has many long plants.
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The building is closely intersected with the other neighboring building to its left.
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It also has a staircase leading to the gate to the main door.
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FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
Building four: may have been established 20 years ago.
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Opposite building two
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It seems to be the oldest building on the block.
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It’s a three-story building.
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Has a small compound with few flowers.
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It does not have a gate, but does have a partial fence.
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FEATURES PRESENT IN THE BUILDINGS IN MY BLOCK
Building five: may have been built 15 years ago.
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It is on the left side of building four.
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It has a fence and a small compound.
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It also has a staircase leading from the gate to the main door.
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Outside the compound is some trees, which are close to the road.
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It has left a small distance from the neighboring building.
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