In a message dated 10/23/2007 4:43:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It was asserted that the Spruce Hill Civic Ass. zoning committee held "two open and public forums" about Penn's plan. Mr Barry Grosbach was present but did not correct this or speak. Some of our neighbors spoke against this and Melani Lamond spoke in favor. Barry isn't a member of this listserv, so maybe we can ask Melani to find out when SHCA zoning committee held the two open and public forums, and how they publicized them. We're apparently not tuned in to the right wavelengths or, surely, someone on this list would have known about them and posted the information. Would you be so kind as to find out and let us know, Melani? Always at your service & ready for a dialog, Al Krigman PS: Naturally, I was pleased to learn that the PHC's Architectural Committee did not see fit to approve this plan. While this isn't necessarily the last word on the topic -- the Commission doesn't always follow the Architectural Committee's recommendations, it's certainly a vindication the way many of us think about a 10-story block-long building on 40th St between Pine and Baltimore. I'm sure that Penn can come up with some alternate usages of that property that would justify its investment in the site and also evidence that famous "partnership with the community" of which we hear so much. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
