re: #328 Obdicut

I’m fairly certain window taxes persisted into the early years of the U.S. It was an attempt to levy a property tax that had some relationship to the value of the building and hence the owner’s finances (Oh Noes! Progressive taxes!) I’m not saying Americans loved it, but they paid it-lthough some people bricked over their windows to avoid paying more taxes. (This shows I paid attention when we did the “historic Philadelphia” thing with the kids…)