05-21-2021, 02:02 PM
House in that area were converted to student housing for a lot of the 80s and 90s. I grew up in that area (my parents are still there), had various Chronicle and Record routes over the years in the area bordered by Westmount, Erb, Caroline and William and just spent a lot of time out and about there. I would consider that a deck, and it is of very high quality compared to most of the fire escapes erected during that time, which were mostly a couple of stories of 12" 2x6 risers up the side of the house that probably weren't even up to code then.