Today took me through a short stretch of high density residential next to some larger parcels including the Ashland Oil Company headquarters campus. It also featured one of the less exciting stretches of Man O’ War.  There isn’t much to surprise here.  I did spot one of the nicer phone company buildings I’ve ever seen.  Instead of the usual windowless box, this building has a hip roof and faux windows to make it less foreboding.

The apartments and townhomes are 1980’s vintage and are nondescript. (Did you know there was an apartment complex along this stretch of Man O’ War?  It surprised me!)  Our aesthetics change, and apartments from this era have been impacted particularly negatively by this.  But one complex does a nice job creating a “neighborhood” feel with relatively short setbacks and a consistent presentation toward the street (unlike some of the apartment buildings, which are loosely arranged in space.