C.9.d - 1205 Alta Vista Ave - public comment — original pdf
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Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Sunday, March 27, 2022 12:03 PM PAZ Preservation 1205 Alta Vista HR-2022-026102 *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Dear Commissioners, I oppose the demolition of 1205 Alta Vista on the basis of its contributing status to our National Register District. I’m a resident of the district and worked long and hard to achieve it. While it is not a landmark‐worthy structure, it is still part of our neighborhood’s history because it shows that we were/are a community that has always allowed for a variety of residents with different economic status. Rental properties’ existence in the neighborhood is an element that has brought many interesting residents into our community. It has been that way until recently. It DOES have community value in that regard. all our contributing structures obviously have value in terms of their relationship to their surrounding neighbors. They “contribute” to our story. Even though I know I can’t stop this demolition, I desperately hoping you can dissuade the owners from building this over‐scaled, monilithic single‐family residence. I would prefer to see multi‐family here, if anything, as it is being demolished every month here, and replaced with double‐lot sized single‐family homes. This leads to the erasure and misrepresentation of our history. Thank you! Melanie Martinez CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1