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Neighbors Fight For Zoning Code Vision In Bella Vista
Urbanism

Neighbors Fight For Zoning Code Vision In Bella Vista

As curb cuts mount in the traditionally mixed-use district, neighbors fight back. The developer is unfazed, reports Max Ufberg

“Act Of God” Causes Collapse Of Garden Walls At Bella Vista Construction Site
Development

“Act Of God” Causes Collapse Of Garden Walls At Bella Vista Construction Site

An obvious “accident” waiting to happen spooks Bella Vista at a controversial development site

Body Count
Urbanism

Body Count

Having failed once to stop a completely unjustifiable curb cut for a garage last month, Nathaniel Popkin has learned: forget principles of the new zoning code, the only thing that matters to the Zoning Board of Adjustment is bodies. A hearing on two proposed curb cuts at Eighth and South this evening at five will test that theory

Urbanism

Death By A Thousand Curb Cuts

Since he moved into the neighborhood in 1998, says Nathaniel Popkin, dozens of private garages, which act as a repellant to street life, have been built. Now two more near the corner of Eight and South Street are proposed

Appeal Filed To Save Norris Square Banks
Preservation

Appeal Filed To Save Norris Square Banks

Neighbors appeal Zoning Board of Adjustment ruling in bid to save the monumental banks at Front and Norris and keep the site commercial


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