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@mikemccaffrey I can think of at least two places in Portland that look like this:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figo_House
- https://www.wweek.com/bars/2016/02/10/the-dockside-saloon-will-live-forever-in-a-slot-in-this-building-just-like-the-house-in-up/

@anniegreens I wonder how much additional housing would have been created if they didn't need to work around those buildings. Could be that they were fine using that space to allow light and air into the units.

@mikemccaffrey I'll buy the "additional housing" argument as soon as surface parking lots disappear and out-of-country buyers are not allowed to purchase condos and let them sit empty for real estate investment purposes. Also all the monolithic "extra storage" buildings popping up everywhere.

Seems the people owning those two examples I linked to didn't want to sell and they're being used for other purposes. I'd rather see parking lot owners be forced to sell over two historic structures.

@anniegreens I'm curious at how much of the public storage explosion is the fact that it's so much easier to buy things than give them away responsibility, or whether people just can't afford houses that can hold all their things.