February 19
...serving up your daily dish.
Residents of Bloomfield's historic district will meet today at 2 pm at the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green, 147 Broad Street, to muster an opposition to a planned townhouse development in their neighborhood.
February 19, 2006 in Controversy | Permalink
could you be more specific? what, exactly, is the issue here? or is it just the usual nimby-ism?
Posted by: Radioagony | Feb 19, 2006 9:59:32 PM
"NIMBY" becomes important if a person lives in a protected historic district. Check out the front page of this past Thursday's Independent Press for the details.
Posted by: mauigirl52 | Feb 19, 2006 11:24:50 PM
Where exactly are they putting these things? What I know of the district (and I admit I am not sure of the exact borders) I can't imagine where there is room for them OR are they wanting to knock something down...
I also can't imagine how they plan to do this- knowing all the heavy planning and stuff the College had to go through a few years ago when the library went up and they had to actually move those 2 historic homes
Posted by: megan | Feb 20, 2006 8:57:07 AM
On the end of Church Street right where it dead-ends by the circa 1796 Old First Presbyterian Church. They want to tear down the large mansion there at 15 Church Street (now being used as a boarding house operation) and crowd 11 townhouses onto that one site in a 1-family residential zone. Next Zoning Board meeting is March 9th. This will be the third meeting covering that application.
Posted by: mauigirl52 | Feb 20, 2006 10:44:20 AM
