09-20-2020, 09:39 AM
(09-20-2020, 09:27 AM)panamaniac Wrote:(09-19-2020, 10:12 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: "Residents are concerned about the proposal,"That's setting the NIMBY bar pretty low, considering the Record interview may have been the first time they became aware of the project (has the developer been working with the community? It seems not).
"Jaeger has asked the city for more details about the requested zoning changes, shadow studies and elevation drawings that show the transition to other, much lower nearby buildings."
In any event, my reaction is the same as always - does a NIMBY reaction make any actual difference in this case, or will the City approve the project as approved or revised?
Something else to consider: the news tends to frame everything as a 2-sided dispute. You could have an article about the opening of a new science museum and they might drag out a creationist to say their piece.
So it’s hard to say just from the article what’s really going on.
Although I have to say that even being “concerned” is somewhat questionable in that location. It’s right on a main street between many other large buildings; it’s absurd to expect it to be low-rise. That being said, if somebody lives in a nearby house (there are some on adjacent streets), then being “concerned” that their house will be shadow most of the day is reasonable, although I think it unlikely that would actually happen to a degree that would warrant scaling back the project.