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Originally Posted by NYguy
I just don't understand the fear of tall buildings. And this obsession with trying to be in control of air rights transfers is ridiculous. It's not as if they are creating more development rights, they are just transferring them from one location to another. What that amounts to is fewer sites being built on, for which they should be happy. But no, not content with their role in the drawn out approvals process, they want to have a say in any as-of-right development as well.
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I'm telling you, it's a psychological disorder.
If, for example, some developer was looking to add 100,00 units of housing to CPS then I could understand opposition. You can't add that many people to a relatively small area unless it's coupled with large infrastructure improvements, but adding anywhere between 500 and 700 high end apartments will naturally, not have the same effect.
As for the "THINK OF THE TREES" nonsense - it's just that. Even their own literature shows that there is very little impact created by the towers regarding shadows, and that's when they were basing their predictions off of December 21st projections - when the sun is the lowest in the sky,
Rational people who don't want to be surrounded by new development would choose to do the rational thing and move out of one of the densest cities in the world. Many of these projects replace old, derelict buildings that would at best, do nothing but blight the area and at worst, create negative financial impact. Think about the huge amounts of development going on in LIC and Brooklyn. 15 years ago they were wastelands, now they're booming with growth. Why would anyone oppose that? Afraid of change? In a relatively progressive city like NYC? Were the pimps beating their hoes on the sidewalk and the needles littering the gutter something we should want to return to?
I know you know this; I'm genuinely perplexed as to why people oppose development (unless of course it's for legitimate concerns like infrastructure upgrades)