Two Cents On 5-Over-1s

"Who lives in these buildings?" continued

Back in the summer, I wrote about the seemingly sudden ubiquity of the “5-over-1” building—those stick-frame buildings with colorful and busy exteriors, often with some retail in the bottom, topping out at five or six stories overall but often taking up a whole block. Depending on the ornamentation, they can be garish or rather elegant, but they are a l…