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Design Review Commission
City of Saratoga Springs
City Hali—474 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York 128��
Re: September 7,2422 Agenda
Project#20224129 3�Caroline St.,6-Story Multi-Use Building .
Dear Commission,
As per my prior ietter of objection dated May 2, 2Q22, I �ontinue to object t�the height, scaie
and directional expression of this proposal, even as modified from the original proposal.
The sheer mass and dominance, particuiarly the applicant's continued insistence on a 6-story
building immediately in contact and adjacent to my 2-story building and the 3-story building on the
. corner, is simpiy overwhelming and overkill.
The only thing the applicant has done to modify the original proposal it to change the fa�ade
material and step back the 6t"story from the otner 5 stories. The building continues ta dwarf the
adjacent buildings along a narrov►r corridor and, again,the applicant cannot cite one other example of
such scale in the existing neighborhood. Conversely, I could understand,and even accept,the proposal
being scaled down to 4 stories,with the 4�"story step backed from the other 3 stories. D�herwise, 1
continue to object for a11 the reasons previously set forth in my prior letter of May 2, 2022.
Thank yvu for your consideration. �
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