howards

You are right Mary.

The Howards do not want to build anything there.

But Endeavor does.

Just as they always have.

The Howards are acting with instructions from Endeavor. Both Endeavor
and the Howards' lawyer
are essentially working as co-council for a single entity (the two
lots considered as a whole).

The argument/hardship for the variance is as it always was- for a VMU
project that
spans both properties:

These properties are:

Dear All

Unless something really, really unusual has happened since I last talked to the
Howard family - the Howard family never had and still does not have ANY
intention, or desire, or interest in building anything on that site. The
Howard family wants to sell it- period.

If someone has heard from the Howard family directly otherwise, please inform
us.

Thanks,

Mary

Quoting Chris Duel :

Monty

It will be interesting to know the outcome of the request. I know the Howards
are very eager to get this resolved.

I'll look forward to hearing the outcome.

Thanks,

Mary

Quoting Monty :

> Well - the overwhelming response to my mails on the BOA hearing is
> thundering...'.
> That's a pun.
> I would like it to be known that this issue IS on the docket - and there is

Dear Jamil,

Over the past months you have stated on several occasions that you/
Endeavor have dropped the Howard's/Parker
development and have no intention to pursue a variance for these
properties w/o neighborhood support.

Most recently, on October 24, Sebastian made the following report to
the neighborhood after a conversation with you:

"He confirmed that indeed he no longer has a contract on the Howard
property, and he is not at all interested in

Hi Neighbors,

To this point, I have intentionally stayed out of this issue--- mostly because I could see both the awful and the wonderful in the now-withdrawn proposal to redevelop Howards'.

But I do care enough about our neighborhood and our larger democracy to say this:  Dissent Is A Good Thing. 

I know Robin was at the meeting and she was as close to crying as I have ever seen her.  Also I hear the Parker people are close to foreclosure so soon a bank may be making the decisions about this property and a bank has absolutely no reason to negotiate with anyone in the neighborhood   Cristina

Marcus R < [at] > wrote:

True to his word, Jamil has terminated the contract with the Howards,
and has withdrawn his proposal for development in our neighborhood.

Obviously, I won't be writing a letter to the Board of Adjustment
because there is no need.

Cheers.

____________________________________________
Sebastian Wren, Ph.D.
Director
http://BalancedReading.com

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Another good piece of tongue-in-cheek writing from Patrick! My
administrative assistant worked at Howard's for a while and is convinced
that the corner with the hanger is a brown site, if not a candidate for the
superfund cleanup dollars.

A common sight in European cities is a plaque saying something like "On this
site once stood...." Maybe the new development at F and Koenig should
include a plaque and maybe some photographs. The hangar is an eyesore.