preserve the established low-density character of the Far Rockaway and Mott Creek communities and ensure that future residential development would be consistent with the existing one- and two-family, detached and semi-detached housing mix that typifies much of the area.
Why? Why does a developer's decision 100 years ago have to dictate the way we live today? Is the architecture in the Rockaways so unique that it needs to stay as it is? Do you not realize that by passing such a ruling that it is a disincentive for individuals to improve the area? Do you truly want to be dependent on the city to improve the area?
Would you believe that the city considers the above building an "Out-of-Context Development"?
The above building is what NYC wants to preserve. Are you f*cking kidding me?
Is the argument that you want to have areas of low population density? Hah! I guess you've never been to the Rock; with 8, 10, 12 people in 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. A 50 foot building is out-of-context next to 20 foot buildings, but in time, when there are more and more 50 foot buildings it will be the 20 foot buildings that will be out-of-context. This is NYC for Gotham's sake, not Nebraska or Kansas or what-have-you.
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