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Hi All,
We are in South Midwood in a 1910 victorian that was a wreck (inside and out) when we moved in. The inside is mostly sorted out and we are now turning our attention to the exterior.

We have a once beautiful windowed wrap-porch that needs a bunch of TLC. We are going back and forth about wether or open it up or enclose it somehow. It would be great to open it up but the catch is our directly across the street view is a crummy co-op building (so not exactly a scenic).

Has anyone dealt with this? Do you have photos of solutions to share?

One option seems to be intense landscaping to hide the street view, but that would make us stand out on our block, bigtime and be very incongrous with the rest of the street.

I’ve had trouble finding photo ideas online so if you could point me in a direction that would be super.

Thanks,
Brooklyn11218