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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4
I believe you may be confused what part of Dearborn Park I'm referring to:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8699...7i16384!8i8192
Do you not agree this gives slight bloc housing vibes (albeit in low-rise format). They are ugly and cheaply built and not densely packed. Hopefully that makes them prime candidates for redevelopment in the coming decades.
Sorry for such an off topic comment...
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Not really, rowhouse/terrace houses were never common in communist places like China or the Eastern Bloc. By their nature they include private yards, which is too bourgeois for the communists to stomach, and frankly too inefficient for state-run housing. The architecture is boxy, but that in itself isn't a communist thing.
If anything, Dearborn Park reminds me of English or at least Anglosphere urban renewal projects, like this
council housing or just regular terrace houses around London. Or, closer to home, places like Lafayette Park in Detroit or IM Pei's townhouses in Hyde Park - those are just better quality examples of the same ideas.