Facebook frenzy over apartment building proposed for Hope Street
“Enough already. My small town is being ruined.”
— Chrissy Phelps via facebook.com/stamfordadvocate “It’s disgusting. 4 stories? First, the State Theater leaves, now we can look forward to another hideous structure to fill with people who are going to make Hope Street even busier than it already is. They will kill Springdale if you let them.”
— Richard Keith via facebook.com/stamfordadvocate “Let them do it if they promise not to raise our taxes, everyone from every neighborhood should show up & talk about not raising taxes with all the construction going on ... I will go.”
— Denise Vartuli via facebook.com/stamfordadvocate “Has the zoning board turned down ANYTHING in the past 10 years?”
— Joseph Scally via facebook.com/stamfordadvocate
“The proposed location of this apartment building is opposite the grade crossing at Largo Drive, which emits a loud signal every single time a train passes, while the train blasts a grade crossing horn. The train runs from about 5:30 a.m. to about 12:30-1 a.m. weekdays. Sound proofing is very expensive to retrofit — is Mr. Pavia prepared to keep his building viable by soundproofing it? A tenant in one of the buildings right across the street (by the tracks) says that when the train goes by, it’s as if the train is about to run right through the building. So what is the noise and vibration like on the west side of the street? Nobody who plans to work from home will want to be near that. Nobody who plans to go to sleep early.”
— onlyinspringdale via stamfordadvocate.com “I guess all this ‘Expansion’ in the city really isn’t good at all. No forethought as to how it will impact the traffic or services in Springdale, just cram more people into a tiny space. Good Look Stamford, continue to shove meaningless development where it isn’t needed onto people who don’t want it.”
— DollarBill62 via stamfordadvocate.com