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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Mon 5/19/2025 11:40 AM
To Mark Graham <Mark.Graham@saratoga-springs.org>; Susan Barden <Susan.Barden@saratoga-springs.org>
Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS
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City's Planning Department and Land Use Board members. NOTE: Comments
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project file in the Planning Department.
Land Use Board Planning Board
Name Greg Leck and Gissou Azabdaftari
Email Address gregleck@epix.net
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Address 39 Park Place
City Saratoga Springs
State New York
Zip Code 12866
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Project Name Park Place - Cottage Street condo site plan review
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Project Address Park Place at Cottage Street
Comments It was with no little distress that my fiancé, Dr. Gissou
Azabdaftari, and I learned of the plans to build a six-unit
condominium facing Park Place, just a few doors down the
street from our home.
Although we chose to live in Saratoga Springs for the big city
amenities, entertainment, and cultural offerings, we specifically
chose our home on Park Place for the small town, residential
character of the street. We are currently renovating our circa
1890 home to bring it back to its original glory.
5/19/25, 11:55 AM Mail - Mark Graham - Outlook
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The proposed plan is not in character with the neighborhood. A
tall, six-unit building is fine for downtown, but not for a quiet,
residential street with one- and two-family homes. It is also
specious for the developer to claim his project design is based
on a “historic hotel” on the site. Upon viewing the Sanborn Fire
maps for Saratoga Springs (years 1895 and 1900), one can
see a two-story, frame building on the north corner of Park
Place and Cottage Street (the current proposed site of the
project). The “hotel” (which is not indicated as such on the
map) is approximately 40 feet wide. This building is no taller
and no larger than the other homes on the street.
The two buildings on Park Place that the map identifies as
hotels were only two stories tall and again, not substantially
larger than the homes on the street. A perusal of residents’
directories of the time period lists only individual residents for
the address. For the developer to make a claim stating his
design echoes that of a previous building reflects only a desire
to rewrite history for his own use and means.
We urge you to preserve the current character of the
neighborhood and to prevent this contemporary insult from
marring our street.
Sincerely,
Dr. Greg Leck and Dr. Gissou Azabdaftari
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