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1. There are two monstrosities about to be erected next to the
   Bialystoker home on Clinton and East Broadway because the Seward Park
   Board is trying to ram the sale of 162,000 square feet down our throats,
   so that the Ascend Group and its owner Rob Kaliner can build 275,000
   sq/feet with 10.5-foot ceilings. Should that happen, it will negatively
   impact our quality of life from the East River to Essex Street, and
   change the shape and zoning of our neighborhood. The neighborhood will
   become more tightly packed and it will feel less and less like our
   little oasis in the crowded City. Delancey Crossing impacts Broome
   Street more than it impacts Grand Street and East Broadway; now imagine
   how this will impact our whole village when we add so many more people
   on a single corner. There will be more cars taking street parking away,
   more crowding, and more congestion on Grand and East Broadway during
   the five years of construction and even after that.

   The towers are expected
   to be close to 450 feet high, and will add to more difficulties. They
   will be Miami-style white, according to the plans we see, and will
   offend the neighborhood’s sense of style. They will block our sun into
   our apartments and the playgrounds, and will add about 400-500 families
   to one corner of Clinton Street.

   Let’s not forget the precedent we are setting. The new heights will
   now be demanded on every block along Grand Street between Essex and the
   edge of Hillman’s property by Cozy Corner; across from Amalgamated, and
   yes, it will even affect the shuls and shtibles on East Broadway (as
   will the busy construction zone affect those shuls). We should expect
   new air rights claims and zoning changes to match the new heights. The
   opposition to these buildings must be raised at the Grand Street
   Democrats’ meeting about traffic. We are racing against a clock now of a
   vote by the end of February.

   To see more, look at these sites:

   https://sites.google.com/view/sphc-air-rights/ – Shareholder site presenting critical view of proposed sale of air rights

   http://www.sewardspark.com – shareholder site covering various SPC and community issues

   http://www.spbuzz.org/electioncorner/ec2018-ar/index.php

   Ernie

   Thank you

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