07-15-2021, 08:59 PM
That disclaimer at the top is rich. It has the usual white guilt "we acknowledge we're on the land of..." thing but then goes right into arguing that nobody should live there but the people who already live there (most of whom are wealthy white young people and business owners).
I'm not on their side in any way, though considering how ugly this building is I do support not building it. I would want to see better looking proposals go up instead. You can densify Belmont Village without needing to make ugly 13 floor condo buildings. Currently, it's basically just some strip malls along a street. Adding anything tasteful and contemporary to this area would only improve the place over what it currently is. Limit things to 4-6 floors mixed use structures on Belmont Ave at most, perhaps pushing things to 8-12 floors on the surrounding streets (for now).
I'm not on their side in any way, though considering how ugly this building is I do support not building it. I would want to see better looking proposals go up instead. You can densify Belmont Village without needing to make ugly 13 floor condo buildings. Currently, it's basically just some strip malls along a street. Adding anything tasteful and contemporary to this area would only improve the place over what it currently is. Limit things to 4-6 floors mixed use structures on Belmont Ave at most, perhaps pushing things to 8-12 floors on the surrounding streets (for now).