Very large rowhouses constructed around 2002, on the west side of the500 block of 6th Street NE

I did the post the other day on historic preservation and new construction, but didn't have all the illustrations I wanted to use. These rowhouses on the 500 block of 6th Street NE, in the Capitol Hill Historic District, tower over their neighbors, and the overexuberant use of alternating courses of white bricks calls far too much attention to the house. Straight up red bricks, with the stone lintels, would have been preferred, because the house would have then fit in better, blending in as a more subdued addition to the neighborhood.

Very large rowhouses constructed around 2002, on the west side of the 500 block of 6th Street NE
Originally uploaded by rllayman

A colleague calls this the "clown" house.