HomeMy WebLinkAboutTOWNHOMES AT LIBRARY PARK PDP W/ADDITION OF PERMITTED USE - PDP130033 - CORRESPONDENCE - (8)Ted Shepard
From: meg <barefootmeg@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:49 AM
To: Ted Shepard
Cc: Gina Janett
Subject: 220 East Olive & the proposal on East Mountain
Hi Ted,
I finally got a chance to look at the submitted documents for 220 East Olive. I attended the neighborhood meeting and
wrote a letter to Brad encouraging him to alter the architecture enough that it would enhance the historic character of
the neighborhood rather than detract from it. I was flabbergasted when I pulled up the plans only to find that they're
essentially exactly what he had shown us at the neighborhood meeting without a since nod toward the historic
character of the neighborhood. .
So I looked up the City Plan to see if perhaps I was just imagining that it said something about enhancing the historic
character of our Old Town area. I found this line that says infill should, "reflect defining historic characteristics" (which is
exactly what I encouraged Brad to do in the letter I sent him, even pointing out easy to mimic architectural
characteristics that he could have put on his building to enhance the neighborhood).
So, what I'm wondering from you is how the city reconciles the utterly cheap, industrial, modern looking architecture
that Brad Florin has proposed on this property, and that the new proposal on East Mountain across from Bohemian that
the Coloradoan published today includes, with the City Plan directive that new building should reflect defining historic
characteristics. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Meg Dunn
720 W. Oak Street