Able to squeak out a little bit more air space above the building to lower it in the process, and were able to really create a prominent twostory volume at the street level that worked with the stepping down of this part of the block. All of the the rdt gave provisional approval to this project and all the comments were addressed during this long process, as well as many of the neighbor comments, and i guess thats what i have to say. What we came what came up with at the end was a very strong modern statement that fits with the context that has warm neutral character of materials, that becomes part of this mixed neighborhood of old and new buildings. Thank you. Thank you. Any further speakers . Okay, seeing none, the dr requester has a twominute rebuttal. Is the light on . This is very simple issue. Its really about the topography of 19th street. This is what we currently enjoy right now on 19th street, an uninterrupted pattern of descending roof tops that go down and follow the grade
Planning code section 305. Specifically, there is no hardship or practical difficulty that justifies essentially 100 percent lot coverage or even if you consider the ally the unbuildable portion. Lot, thats 84 percent coverage. No other home in this neighborhood has or has ever proposed the mass and scale of this project such that finding no. 3 could not be met and last we believe the variance should not be approved unless there is a reduction in the main area to accommodate sufficient rear yard Building Space so we do not create a detrimental precedent for the neighborhood. Thank you for your time. Hello, good afternoon, commissioners, thank you for this opportunity. My name is james clamerty, i live at 45 219th street. I am one of 7dr filers who believe the sign of this design is just too large for this location. I will show how the design will be out of scale for the lot, it will cause a walling in effect of lampson lane and it will forever block one of the nicest public views along
Was going to replace what is currently there, it was just unimaginable to me. Im not objecting to the addition of a second unit, i think im all for im not antigrowth, i think development there is reasonable, but the current scope and size of this thing and the footprint is just beyond my imagination and i respectfully request that as proposed this be denied. Thank you. Thank you. Any further speakers . Good evening, commissioners, my name is jued igt lamb, i am speaking for the Eureka Valley Association Planning and land use committee. We have an interest in this project, we are quite concerned about preserving the small scale family nature of the Eureka Valley hill side and this is an example of what is happening kind of piecemeal in Eureka Valley where projects that are out of scale with the neighborhood, with the context, are proposed. And we have managed to get some scale back and we certainly hope you are going to scale this one back as well. I notice this is put before you as an
There were a few spots but most areas were under one inch of rain. The temperature difference between before the cold front yesterday and today is a good 20 degrees cooler in some spots and skies are starting to clear out. We will drop into the low to the mid40s. Beautiful day. Just about average temperatures. May not see much sunshine. I will explain in a couple of minutes. Backups because of a car fire on the beltway. Ve pictures of the conditions on the highway. And college park. No word of any injuries but we will peak keep you posted. The battle between the white house and capitol hill. President obama renewed his call for House Speaker john boehner to allow a vote without Strings Attached to end the Government Shutdown. He said there are enough votes to in the shutdown from republicans and democrats now. Theyre saying there are not enough votes they should prove it. Let the bill go to the floor and lets see what happens. John boehner is calling for negotiations with the white hou
Plan. We see russia as a large, promising market. We wont change our mind. Theres more to be done in this market. And more warning signs out of china, investment, retail and factory data all disappointing in april with data hitting multiyear lows. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. And a warm welcome to tuesdays edition of worldwide exchange. Plenty to come through on the show today. Are you looking forward to it . Happy tuesday. Happy tuesday, everyone. Well get opecs latest report. Retail sales coming out of the u. S. As well. But before all of that we continue to look at m a on the astrazeneca pfizer story. Pfizer making its last push reiterating to uk jobs and r d if the proposed deal goes ahead. The ceos of pfizer and astrazeneca are due to appear before uk lawmakers in london very shortly. The unions make their way starting in 30 minutes time. Then pfizer ceo ian reed is in an an hour after astrazenecas ceo will appear. Katherine