“This is a Total Disgrace to our city, I have lived here all my life at 4905 Bayard street, 15213 to sq. Hill to Oakland, Southside, etc.
This is the single most destructive idea the city has ever had, Open Streets is one thing. THIS IS ANOTHER!
I believe wholeheartedly that this will destroy the strip for local business owners who come here regularly for paper products from Schorin, fish from the 2 mongers, trees from stans, which is nice gone. As soon as you turn it into a destination, with all the trappings of the jersey shore, IT WON'T BE!
NOBODY NEEDS ANOTHER STRIP MALL! which is what it will be! There has always been a delicate balance in the strip, Don't destroy it! I worked at Julian pastries years ago as well, Bicycle riders will always go wherever they want, you don't need to crush the local economy so that they have a lane instead of a parking spot to load their car!”
