The most prominent building in this contemporary view looking southwest down North Winooski Avenue, #141, appears to have been stretched laterally like soft taffy since McAllister last stood in this street. What was formerly the area occupied by the wraparound porch has been enclosed, turning the formerly two-bay wide house into a three bay. In conjunction, the roof was widened, but not heightened, making the resulting shallow pitch seem slightly out of place against the other steep roofs designed to handle Burlington winters. If that weren’t enough to disguise this house from its former self, many other exterior alterations have been wrought upon this building. The porch was given an additional story. All of the original architectural detailing including the turned porch members, cornice frieze and window mouldings were replaced with square stock. The two-over-two light sash seen in 1929 were replaced with one-over-one vinyl sash, and vinyl siding took the place of the original wood clapboards. However, the majority if not all of this work is fairly recent, happening sometime after 1978.[1]

The brick, gable-front, two-and-a-half story house to the left of #141 has undergone few changes besides new paint since 1929. Number 137 has been painted a light blue, and the trim a bright white, and aluminum storm windows have been added over the original two-over-two sash. The house still remains divided into apartments.

On the surface 133 North Winooski Avenue looks nothing like its former self, in fact it looks nothing like a house at all. Climbing vines have completely swallowed the entire residence, even obscuring several windows and the hooded entryway. However, underneath this verdant veil, it appears very little has changed. The house, as most on this street, has also retained its original slate roof.

By far the biggest loss to North Winooski Avenue, and much of the rest of Burlington, has been its elms. The disappearance of these trees has had the greatest visual impact on the street and mostly account for the radically different feel the scene has today. Where the elms have not been replaced by small maples, the street feels bare and sun-baked when compared with the 1929 photographs. Where maples do poke up through the sidewalk, they serve mainly to block the view of the houses from the road, and do little to provide shade, never mind any type of canopy. Also, the taller utility poles and wires stand out in stark contrast with the sky, rather than being tucked into a canopy of green. Despite the best efforts of city arborists, it will take decades to even come close to visually replacing the majestic elm that once so pleasantly framed Burlington’s city streetscapes.