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1. John Gilbert says:

   Thursday, Jan 9, 2014 at

   why are they ominously picturing the shopping center where one of our favorite restaurants, “Athena’s” and talk about “Future Development”? Does that indicate bulldozing and replacing with more High Density friendly multi storied, view blocking monstrosities like the City allowed to be built at Whites and Soledad Cyn Rds (Walgreen’s and the MD offices across the St.)? Speaking of which, why did the City create ordinances for low profile signs in shopping centers and declare war on view intrusive bill boards only to sign off on mini sky scrapers?

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2. ricketzz says:

   Friday, Jan 10, 2014 at

   Exactly. When they built the Walgreens I was heartbroken. Why block the sky with a 3 story facade? We are about mountains and sky, not cheesey commercial architecture with fake second stories and windows to nowhere. The city has no respect for nature; no concept of blending construction with its surroundings. Council needs to visit Santa Fe or Tucson to see how using natural adobe architecture makes mans’ footprint a lot less messy.

   The city redeveloped the area in question 15 years ago; that’s how the new library (which has already been rebuilt) got there.

   Please, no more orange tile roofs! They are a sign of the mundane.

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3. Mandy says:

   Friday, Jan 10, 2014 at

   Old buildings need to be updated and new buildings always look better that 40 year old ones.

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