Oversized developments destroy neighborhoods

Dozens of Greenwich Village and East Village residents in NYC came out to protest a bunch of planned or under-construction projects that they feel will destroy the small scale of their neighborhoods. The sky-scrapers don't fit in. And yes, there are still small-scale neighborhoods in New York and they want to keep their charm and feel. There are times when I am in New York City and I'm the only person on the street. This quaintness is what residents would like to keep.

Residents in these NYC neighborhoods feel that the large projects are destroying the fabric of their neighborhoods and that is how many of us feel in Coconut Grove.

Development, over-development, non-stop development. It's a cancer on our country.

I think this latest proposed project of a new office building on Mary and Tigertail, has finally touched a nerve with people. I have been receiving personal messages and emails from people who were always on the side of the big developer and now they have had enough.

I was surprised to see how friends flipped from being developer-friendly to asking, "What can we do to stop all of this construction?" I had always had a quarrel with friends who were realtors who were on the side of the developers, but now they are even turning and ask when is enough enough?


Most residents don't want this village to become Brickell South. People don't want to live in a perpetual construction zone.