Editor,
Once again your two articles in the Jan. 29 edition show the idiocy of our governing bodies. Headlined on the first page is “Office Vacancy Rate increases” now at 19% and on the third page is another developer proposing another unneeded office building on the corner of West Third Avenue and El Camino Real. There should not be another ugly building on this block which already has two prison looking buildings, Ryan Tower and 20-40 W. Third Ave.
There is no parking at this building with the explanation all employees and visitors will come by train and walk from the train station to this location. This will not happen. There is also no parking available in the neighborhood as the street parking spaces are always full. This lot should be a park with trees and beautiful plantings of flowers like the California Poppy that likes growing there.
Where is the Planning Commission? Where is the City Council? Will this madness never end or is token requests for changes and rubber stamping going to go on forever? This is the ugliest small city, is this the award you want?
Thank you to Michelle Maccarra for her written article on the Disappearing History of San Mateo.
Jacqueline Grubb
San Mateo
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(2) comments
A park across the street from Central Park? How about affordable family or senior housing with a garden of poppies?
HFAB - not sure where you read where they want to PUT this park because across the street from Central park is the 520 ECR Building - newly remolded.
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