(06-01-2021, 07:01 PM)IronDev Wrote: The committee members, from the comfort of their million dollar detached homes, did nothing but bring up not liking the height and density. No alternatives or advice was provided. They voted to designate the building, with one of their main arguments being that they want more power and say over the development. This is an unelected committee.
Lol, don't worry, neither the developers nor city take any of this shit into consideration. They're obligated to let rich white NIMBY voters vent, but aren't gonna cancel a project of this scale because some grandma thinks it's too tall. I can almost guarantee this project will be approved despite their crying. Hopefully they can save as much as the original building as they can, but ultimately it's engineering issues that will prevent them from saving the entire thing. So it really boils down to: dozens upon dozens of more housing units (which we desperately need), or nothing at all just to preserve a dance studio and whatever else rents the place...