The commercial real estate community has said plenty in support of upzoning Midtown East (it's in their blood; ever won at Monopoly without building on your properties?). After the Department of City Planning presented a revised zoning proposal last week, we found the naysayers' perspective worth sharing. Here's what some of our readers had to say:
"I really worry about a lack of air and light in Midtown. ... The city tends to zone in wide swaths, and it would be a shame to lose some of the really old little buildings on Second Avenue."
"Why would we limit our ability to compete (with international cities) to just that area? If a great tenant wanted to move into our city... wouldn't we be a more compelling city if the tenant could choose what neighborhood they wanted to work in?"
"[The] market does not need it to proceed. Also, Madison Avenue is too narrow."
"It's too crowded as it is. Midtown East as it is now has charm and solidity. ... It also has a certain kind of old world aura, which is totally modern."
