Cameron Sperance Boston.com correspondent April 20, 2021 3:56 pm
As city leaders and architects across New England consider ways to reinvigorate the three-decker, others are weighing in on why they fell out of favor and how to improve them even without a costly renovation.
From South Boston to Fall River, and even on the silver screen in Boston-based films like “Spotlight,’’ “Good Will Hunting,’’ and “The Departed,’’ the three-decker remains an iconic housing stock. Think of it as the original form of affordable housing: Relatives would often live in each of the three residences that comprise the relatively inexpensive-to-develop building, or they might even rent one out for income. “Living in or near a New England triple decker,’’ the New York Times wrote, “was like despising the Yankees or skipping work on St. Patrick’s Day.’’
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