While the height and materials of the Greene House condos are what attracted the most grumbling when the development opened in late 2004, it struck us the other day that the way in which the base of the building fails to engage with the streetscape is arguably a greater shortcoming. Was this a result of zoning that prevented storefronts on this block or just plain-old bad design? Update: We should also mention that the streetscape on this block has greatly benefited from the garden on the corner that the Greene House Condo owners built with their own two hands. There’s a photo of it with no furniture in January in this thread and a fresh one with furniture on the jump.