By: Bertha

Bertha — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:58:28 +0000

I attended the hearing at CB& and the comments from the Board President of Columbus House were totally selfish. All they care about is themselves and getting the scraps of renovations the landlord promised them. The same landlord who is currently in two litigation cases with them. They are willing to go along with this plan which we all know would destroy the fabric of the block and the neighborhood as well as remove loyal businesses which we love just to get something for themselves. For shame! I hope they get what they deserve when the landlord gives them the business a few years from now. Additionally, there was a CB7 board member who had the nerve to say that 95th street was “unattractive” in it's current state. Seriously, who does she think she is to speak that way about OUR neighborhood where she does not live? All this after she got up and whined about the Redeemer Church on the East side which has built additional levels to its original building and has become a bad neighbor. She was very clear about her problem about something that had to do with her situation but did not show any empathy for this situation in my judgment. She really had a lot of nerve. And to boot she had the absolute gall to abstain from the voting. I hope she receives the same when they vote on the Redeemer Church issue!

By: bunten

bunten — Sat, 08 May 2010 22:57:49 +0000

The proposed first story expansion would create an ADDITIONAL 4,850 square feet of retail space, for a total of about 15,000 square feet for the entire building.

The second story expansion would create about 17,000 square feet of "community facilty" space for revenue-producing educational or professional use.

Comments on: Columbus Ave. Retail Proposal Raises Hackles

By: Bertha

By: bunten