tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post2991581633468922756..comments2024-02-03T06:01:53.090-08:00Comments on Noe Valley SF: This Week At The Planning Commission: New Construction On 27th StNoe Valley, SFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09996607013124379881noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post-79308471945876023952014-05-23T16:27:30.698-07:002014-05-23T16:27:30.698-07:00While this is a large house, it doesn't appear...While this is a large house, it doesn't appear to be that much larger than the building next door. And a large two unit building seems to be a much better use of space than a small SFR.<br />It seems to me that the real objection here is to the loss of views. But view can't be protected or nothing would ever get built. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post-53439734311256655822014-05-22T20:58:56.656-07:002014-05-22T20:58:56.656-07:00To anon:
Views are not protected. It's a free...To anon:<br /><br />Views are not protected. It's a free market to develop what one wishes within the regulations of the planning and building codes.<br /><br />If you don't like these projects, then perhaps buy up the properties and keep them as the dumps they (currently) are.<br /><br />And do what YOU want with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post-78123130687896545322014-05-22T08:38:35.460-07:002014-05-22T08:38:35.460-07:00I'm the second Anonymous; that is the opposite...I'm the second Anonymous; that is the opposite of what has happened on my block. Two houses have been purchased, demolished, and rebuilt into out-sized, view-blocking, inappropriately scaled monstrosities, then put on the market and sold to people with no families and too much money. I've been in both; neither are designed for families - they are more like bad bachelor pads!<br /><br />Soon a third one will bite the dust; but that one is a dump and needs to be redone. However I'm concerned that it will be built into another hideous, 4000 sq. ft. monster that simply Does Not Belong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post-65042013332371927712014-05-21T08:36:34.677-07:002014-05-21T08:36:34.677-07:00I read the entire package - did you? The "de...I read the entire package - did you? The "developer" is the family that already lives there, and by all appearances the remodel is intended for them to be able to live there at least until their kids are grown up (and for their elderly parents to live there as well.)<br /><br />So when you claim "screams speculative development", just be honest and say that you are calling the owners liars.<br /><br />By the way, I don't know this family and I don't have a dog in this particular fight, but I live one block away and the exact same thing happened next door to us. A moldy, unlivable dump was refashioned - by the owning family - into a place where their kids can grow up. It's been a benefit to our block, both in property values and in community.<br />Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974641097735408376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post-29065415849997208382014-05-21T08:33:14.997-07:002014-05-21T08:33:14.997-07:00Agree with Anonymous; similar in this respect to a...Agree with Anonymous; similar in this respect to all kinds of other horrible development in Noe Valley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008050911800805999.post-38687130862789977832014-05-20T22:33:12.866-07:002014-05-20T22:33:12.866-07:00I feel like this project screams speculative devel...I feel like this project screams speculative development. It undermines the site to maximize square footage and views, minimizing aesthetics and the vernacular of the neighborhood. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com