Spring Break
Supplies encroach 'neighborhood'
By: Daniel Divine
Issue date: 1/29/08 Section: News
"It has been a struggle, but we are doing it," Knobel said. "We are winning and the city is noticing."
Knobel and others originally circulated fliers and e-mails to spread awareness about the situation. The neighborhood's solidarity is focused on regaining lost ground, but there remains a community that has students in positive interaction with the community.
Pittz told of common instances were a student either salvaged a bike or a computer to give to one of the children in the neighborhood.
The owner of The Factory, Radakor LLC, is the landlord of several of the neighborhood's tenants. However, a resident who is using the money to pay for high taxes caused by the up-scale apartments being built owns the "green space," Knobel said.
"We need in place a fair and comprehensive framework that does not suppress growth. We are not anti-growth, but we are pro-smart-growth, and you need to respect the people that already live there," Pittz said, expressing the need of city codes to prepare for such instances of growth where the intrinsic value of community conflicts with instrumental growth.
Knobel and others originally circulated fliers and e-mails to spread awareness about the situation. The neighborhood's solidarity is focused on regaining lost ground, but there remains a community that has students in positive interaction with the community.
Pittz told of common instances were a student either salvaged a bike or a computer to give to one of the children in the neighborhood.
The owner of The Factory, Radakor LLC, is the landlord of several of the neighborhood's tenants. However, a resident who is using the money to pay for high taxes caused by the up-scale apartments being built owns the "green space," Knobel said.
"We need in place a fair and comprehensive framework that does not suppress growth. We are not anti-growth, but we are pro-smart-growth, and you need to respect the people that already live there," Pittz said, expressing the need of city codes to prepare for such instances of growth where the intrinsic value of community conflicts with instrumental growth.
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