1 Comments Posted by Feetlegs

Ratchet:

You must live for this site. I have never seen a stream of consciousness stretched out over three years before ... it's a freaking world's record! Saves a lot on therapists I bet! That said, the level of angst against development of this site conveniently overlooks one basic and salient fact: the existing structure looks like crap. Once a magnificent structure, designed by a leading architect of the early century, it now resembles an Adams Family nightmare. It is very easy to critisize from the bleachers a thoughtful plan to create moderately priced housing; it's much harder to put some effort into helping the developer to craft his basic offering onto something that will incorporate the history of the site, take the environmental issues into consideration and meet the needs of the community as a whole. In other words, I see a lot of bitching on this site, but rarely any constructive ideas. Be careful what you wish for, for you will surely get it. With Blumenthal out, you have correctly surmised that there will be no one to deal with the existing horror show the building has become because it is too costly for the village to demolish and you anti-development types have taken away any motivation for a developer to improve the situation on his dime. Like the way it looks everyone? Good ... now live with it!