Ron Newman
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Re: Filene's
I'm looking at it from the point of view of "this is a hurting retail district with a big hole in the middle where there should be a large department store". The big hole hurts every retailer and commercial landlord surrounding it. To a pedestrian walking down these streets, it doesn't matter what is 10 floors above. It matters what's next to the street.
Filling the hole with a contextual seven-story masonry building would be just fine with me, if the developer can't afford to build a tower. (Not that I'm against a tower.)
I'm looking at it from the point of view of "this is a hurting retail district with a big hole in the middle where there should be a large department store". The big hole hurts every retailer and commercial landlord surrounding it. To a pedestrian walking down these streets, it doesn't matter what is 10 floors above. It matters what's next to the street.
Filling the hole with a contextual seven-story masonry building would be just fine with me, if the developer can't afford to build a tower. (Not that I'm against a tower.)