I read all the comments over the past days in the PPH, WGME, etc. both for and against this project. You have people pushing for affordable housing, well, that's good, but why don't you buy the parcel and develop it with your own money I say. Then you have others that it's a travesty to build it next to City Hall/Merrill. No one was around when Congress Street was lined with Theatres, all with different shows, layouts, etc. Merrill is a different animal compared to this. I know, I work over there and its crumbling aka the ceiling, the lift out back is falling apart and is a needle hangout. The apartment building across the street from the loading dock is a heroin hangout. Plus, a recent murder happened there. The City has no money or refuses to fund the hall. It's perfect for the symphony and the organ. It's hard to put on a big Broadway show due to the constraints. Unless the City upgrades the loading area, acts are going to go somewhere else because it's getting a bad reputation. The same goes for CCCC and the State Theatre. A large donor was going to donate money to fix the issue with the thrust that has to be manually built several times a year that costs 10s of thousands a year. The Merrill comm said no. Again, politics rise amuck next door. Build this correctly, and they will come..
