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S-Kunst t1_j64xjn4 wrote

These are known as "Swell Front" row houses. As the front of the house bulges out. The corbeling out (bricks stepped out) along the top cornice of the building is very common in Wash DC houses, not so much in Balt.

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6flightsup OP t1_j67zsd4 wrote

Thank you. I learned that corbeling was often used in 16th century Italian construction. Went down that rabbit hole.

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