So the chicken coop grew into the "two long, unsightly buildings" that the Maazels saw.
Looking at the unsightly buildings, Mr. Papert wondered what it would it would take, short of demolition, to turn the neighborhood around.
Just over the Ben Franklin Bridge from Philadelphia, state and regional officials recently spent $45 million to condemn and level the unsightly buildings of businesses on Admiral Wilson Boulevard, including topless joints and by-the-hour hotels.
Over 170 "action points" have been proposed to improve the WHS setting, including minimising light pollution, advising on development and removing or hiding power lines and "unsightly buildings".
"People are going to start to see real changes in the town centre during the next few years, starting with improvements to some of the most unsightly buildings in the entire town".
This manufactured perfection was matched by legions of conscripted "volunteers," the Potemkin village-like disguise of unsightly buildings with faux veneers, uniformed spirit sections at venues with scripted cheering at random moments, a lip-synched little girl's soprano, pre-recorded spliced-in fireworks and the perpetual emptiness at the far-flung locations designated for protesters.
The complications of flood defense go beyond just writing checks or building unsightly protection barriers.
It also includes superconducting cables that carry greater quantities of electricity, which will allow utilities to add transmission capacity without building unsightly transmission towers.
It all began with an attempt to tear out the row of mature 35-foot evergreen trees that shielded Peter Porrino's home here from what he felt was an unsightly commercial building nearby.
A line on the cover asks, "Is This Necessary?" Improving communications for public safety is one thing, the association contends, but doing it by building an unsightly tower to the benefit of a private enterprise is another.
In the short run, village officials hoped to remove some of the unsightly abandoned buildings on the waterfront, which is on the state's Superfund list.
