Anthony West wrote:
SHCA's warrant doesn't reach east of 40th St.
false. it goes east to 38th street.
http://www.sprucehillca.org/map.html
the rest of your post, like phc and pcpc and shca, simply
ignores the height and scale issue of the proposed hotel.
the hotel's massive height and scale have been at the heart
of the opposition to the hotel since the very beginning, and
this opposition to the height and scale has been publicly
voiced, again and again since 2007, in neighbors writing to
uc review, the dp, and the city paper; it has been publicly
demonstrated, repeatedly since 2007, in neighbors testifying
at phc, pcpc, and shca's public meeting. indeed, the height
and scale issue was so important that in dec 2007 the
developer himself published distorted drawings of the hotel
in an attempt to minimize the appearance of its actual
height and bulk. and as recently as last week (sept 16)
nilda ruiz and other members of pcpc acknowledged that the
height and scale was 'overbearing', a 'shock' and a
'problem', but that neighbors would 'get used to it'.
well, the neighbors have not gotten used to it, and the
agencies involved have not gotten used to it. while the
developer, with the help of penn, squeezes their hotel
through the mayor's offices at city hall, the hotel's
massive height and scale remains the elephant in the room.
ignoring it each step of the way does not mean approval or
support, in fact, the very attention and effort given to
dismissing it is what's been so necessary to push it this far.
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