· Nathan Marsak · 2 min read
Say Goodbye to Old Westwood
A 1936 Hollywood Regency home in Westwood — graceful, elegant, irreplaceable — is being erased for a 56-foot, 11-unit multifamily. Senator Wiener assures us this is better for the environment.
Nothing says Old Westwood like the grace and charm of a 1936 Hollywood Regency home:
Of course, since grace and charm are involved, it must be destroyed! Because Scott Wiener says single family zoning is bad for the environment, it shall be replaced with a five-story, 56-foot 11-unit multifamily. Because that’s…better…for the environment.
See all those trees? Apparently also bad for the environment, or so say the YIMBYs.
How dare this incredible tree mock the Chan Zuckerberg Inititative!
Burn it with fire!!!
And because the new development is “transit oriented,” zoning requirements are thrown out the window.
Hey, you know what’s funny? Renderings, or more to the point, the renderers. Cuz they lie. Always. For example, this is what the 1936 home is being replaced with:
Damn, that is some goofy-ass goofiness. But…what’s that in the distance at left? Across the street?
HUH? There’s NOTHING OVER TWO STORIES anywhere in the neighborhood…except church towers. Here’s what’s actually across that particular intersection:
See, renderers always put giant-ass buildings across the street from what they’re proposing, so some sleepy functionary down at Planning gives their drawings a desultory glance and rubber stamps the damn thing, since I mean after all there’s already eight-story office towers on every corner, right?
