Hi,
Attached are the comments I sent about this project. A couple years ago on my blog (http://allston02134.blogspot.com) I quoted a NY Times editorial about zoning:
"Most zoning [diminishes the value of property]. Developers would make more money if they could cram more houses on small lots, build skyscrapers 200 stories tall, or develop on endangered wetlands... Zoning is not an attack on property rights. It is an important government function, and most Americans appreciate that it helps keep their own neighborhoods from becoming more crowded, polluted and dangerous."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/opinion/29fri3.html
Much of life is a balance, and it is important to balance the developer's opportunity for profit with a community's need for a high quality of life. In many places around Allston and Brighton I see development that appreciates this balance, and in other places the profit of a few has triumphed over the welfare of the many. As citizens let's call upon the government that we fund and elect to remember this balance.
Harry