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Minyard, Brian
From:Dale Pekar <dale.pekar@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:00 PM
To:frederick gentry
Cc:Minyard, Brian; caleman@fridayfirm.com; lindseymboemer@gmail.com;
lfrederick@hosto.com; rob@hcglawoffice.com; Theodore Holder; ambercj@swbell.net;
jeremiah@roguearch.com
Subject:Re: New House at 1414 Park Lane
Thank you for your email.
I on the other hand am opposed to this new construction as it is clearly not in compliance with the Guidelines,
nor is it suitable for the Historic District. There's not much sense having Guidelines if they are to be treated so
cavalierly. It is not appropriate to hold residents with older homes to a higher standard for compliance with the
Guidelines than new construction.
I would offer that much new construction has been done in the District which attempts to better blend with the
District. That's the kind of development the District needs. This is after all, an Historic District. Not a District
meant to encourage architectural novelty. The proposed infill at 1414 Park Lane makes no such attempts to
blend with the neighborhood as Staff has noted in their recommendation to deny the application. It could easily
be situated outside the District and still contribute to area development.
The application should be denied outright.
--Dale
Dale Pekar
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 12:17 PM frederick gentry <fredtheprez@yahoo.com> wrote:
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Frederick Gentry <fredtheprez@yahoo.com>
To: Frederick Gentry <fredtheprez@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020, 11:55:00 AM CDT
Subject:
Frederick D. Gentry
Jason K. Taylor
1612 Commerce Street
2
Little Rock, AR 72206
(501) 744-1313
fredtheprez@yahoo.com
July 23, 2020
Mr. Brian Minyard, Planner II
Planning and Development Department
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
bminyard@littlerock.gov
Re: New House to Be Built At 1414 Park Lane/HDC2020-015
Dear Mr. Minyard:
Our names are Frederick Gentry and Jason Taylor.
We live at 1612 Commerce Street.
Our Property is approximately 2 blocks away from 1414 Park Lane.
We were asked to review the design of the house that Tim Fox/TDF Family Revocable Trust wants to build at
1414 Park Lane, between 14th and 15th Streets.
We were asked to send this individualized copy of the form if:
(a) We like the house design;
(b) We think the design fits in well with the style of the houses in our neighborhood; and
(c) If we would like for the Historic District Commission to approve the request to approve
construction of the house as presently designed.
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We do like the house design and we are requesting that the Commission approve the request of Tim Fox/TDF
Family Revocable Trust to build the house at 1414 Park Lane.
We are asking that the Commission please excuse the form aspect of this email but with Covid-19 it seemed
better to get this letter to you by circulating emails between neighbors rather than by people taking a petition
door to door to be physically signed.
Because of the decades of decline and distress to this neighborhood by city neglect, crime and natural disaster,
it has created vacant lots that have yet to be filled. It is very exciting to now live in a very architecturally and
ethnically diverse community.
So that you will know that we were informed of what the house design looks like as presently planned, we have
seen the house plans that were forwarded to us for our review and which we reviewed before sending you this
email. We were also given Mr. Fox’s email address in case we wanted to ask him any questions about the design
before making the decision to send you this letter.
We would like to thank the Commission for its time and attention to this matter and we are asking that the
Commission vote in favor of the planned design for 1414 Park Lane
Attached are modern homes that already exist in this area including ours.
Respectfully,
Frederick D. Gentry & Jason Taylor
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