The last sentence of the next to last paragraph says it all: "The small homes that have not been included in the historic districts do not need to be preserved." The homeowners of those properties might have other ideas and newcomers to the area might like the country feel of smaller, less crowded housing. The arrogance of the city planners and their visions of how folks should be directed into "planned" communities is stunning. Seems to have always been that way and with the socialist mentality taking front stage in NYC, be prepared for more all-encompassing directives as to housing, employment, taxes, and fundamental Constitutional rights.
Would the author support the sale and demolition of an old Victorian home in a non historic district on a cross street like Marlborough or only on the main commercial corridors like Coney Island and McDonald Avenues?
Not everyone in a given neighborhood wants expanded transportation capacity. Transit goes both ways - it helps you leave the neighborhood, and it brings people into your neighborhood.
The last sentence of the next to last paragraph says it all: "The small homes that have not been included in the historic districts do not need to be preserved." The homeowners of those properties might have other ideas and newcomers to the area might like the country feel of smaller, less crowded housing. The arrogance of the city planners and their visions of how folks should be directed into "planned" communities is stunning. Seems to have always been that way and with the socialist mentality taking front stage in NYC, be prepared for more all-encompassing directives as to housing, employment, taxes, and fundamental Constitutional rights.
No one forces homeowners to sell. And you are pretending that the communities that exist there today are "unplanned"which is far from the truth.
Would the author support the sale and demolition of an old Victorian home in a non historic district on a cross street like Marlborough or only on the main commercial corridors like Coney Island and McDonald Avenues?
We can hear the interest-groups now, on all sides of this square mile.
Not everyone in a given neighborhood wants expanded transportation capacity. Transit goes both ways - it helps you leave the neighborhood, and it brings people into your neighborhood.