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From : Susa n Ba rden Th u Ja n 13 2022 12:38 PM
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Please include this email to 269 Broadwa . Thanks!
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Susan B. Barden AICP
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From: "Rick Fenton" <fenton n ca .rr.com>
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Sent: Sunda Januar 9 2022 4:20:45 PM
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H i Susa n. I tried to use the on I i ne form but it cut me off.
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I have a few comments about the ro osed commercial
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buildin at 269 Broadwa focused on the broader issues of
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desi n and scale. I'm lad the ro osed desi n looks I i ke a
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modern buildin and not somethin muffled b histor . I
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don't think it should be shortened.
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stri of historic buildin s alon Broadwa and a communit
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with a stron interest in reservin them. Our historic
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arch itectu re does a lot to su ort ou r cit 's al I u re as a lace
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to I ive and work. We shou Id do al I we can to ensu re that we
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loss of man of our rand old victorians were filled with
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unremarkable buildin s of 1 or 2 stories. But in recent
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decades our economic resur ence has stimulated a
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buildin boom uni ue amon u state cities. We have
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en'o ed a rare o ortunit to re lace those humble
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laceholders and create a new architectural le ac .
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Sadl we seem to continue to live in the ast. A number of
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the downtown buildin s of the last 30 ears were made to
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look va uel old but without the refinement that would ive
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them character. The belon neither to the ast nor the
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resent. We're s uanderi n the chance of a centu r . Let's
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reserve our ast but invite more bold buildin desi n that
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reflects a owerful vision for the new era. If eo le need to
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see new bu i Id i n s that va uel recal I a Victorian Sarato a
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let them o to Disne World.
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269 Broadwa sits within the T-6 zone where buildin s
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should have the reatest hei ht and densit in the cit . Our
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zon i n reflects the vision of ou r com rehensive lan wh ich
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embodies the "cit in the countr " conce t. This buildin
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site is smack dab i n the heart of the cit . Th is is where tal I
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mixed-use buildin s like this belon . We should be
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attractin more eo le to work within walkin distance to
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downtown not in some office ark miles awa .
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The nei h borhood a rou nd 269 is i n tra nsition. I n the late
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1800s the street was occu ied b bu i Id i n s 3 to 5 stories
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ta I I. The Cla rendon Hotel wh ich sat on or ad�acent to th is
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site had 5 stories. The massive Wi ndsor across from St.
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Peter's Ch u rch a Iso had 5. As ti mes cha n ed a nd the
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econom wa ned the old bu i Id i n s were re laced b shorter
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ones. Now Sa rato a is boom i n a a i n a nd develo ers see
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the benefits of bu i Id i n i n the ci . Busi nesses wa nt to move
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fu Ifi I I i n ou r develo ment oa Is beca use ad�acent bu i Id i n s
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don't meet them. Are we sa i n that if the bu i Id i n next
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door is 1 stor m bu i Id i n ca n on I have sa 3 stories
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a nd when it's ti me to re lace the 1 stor bu i Id i n it ca n
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on I have 5? How lon wi I I it ta ke before we a I low the
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bu i Id i n s i n the nei h borhood to reach the relativel
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m od est ce i I i n of 6 sto r i es? Peo I e o osed to b i ta I I
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bu i Id i n s beca use the wa nt to o back to the ��old"
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Sarato a aren't lookin back far enou h.
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Richa rd Fenton
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