HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-15 email johnson 2 Letter 3 for M McSwainJuly 15, 2020
To: Little Rock Historic District Commissioners
From: Dr. Antoinette Johnson
Re: In-fill Development at corner of Rock and 10th Sts.
Dear Commissioners:
Thank you for your service to our city. I sat with several of you during my tenure on this very
committee and know how much time and energy goes into being on this commission. Your
tireless work to preserve the historic integrity of McArthur Park is evident in the quality of
architecture we have been able to retain and build in, what has become, a very sought-after
area of our wonderful city.
I am writing today to encourage you deny the proposal for the project at 10th and Rock
Streets. The developers current is TOO LARGE! The scale, mass and height of this proposed
development does not comply with your standards and fit in with the existing historic
structures in this historic district.
After walking the site, I strongly believe the project, as proposed, is just too large for this lot
and does not take into context its surrounding residential structures. I do believe that a series
of smaller-scale multi-family units such as two-story quadriplexes could be a wonderful asset
to this community; however, the scale of this proposed structure is too large to compliment
even the most diverse buildings in use, style and size of the existing historic buildings within its
immediate surroundings. This large of a scale of a structure will overwhelm the existing homes
and other buildings. (Yes, I realize that they are trying to “fool the eye” by offering various
styles of building sections. But this project still reads as one enormous very tall, block-sized
structure.) I encourage you to deny the project as proposed.
Again, thank you for your time and energy,
Antoinette Johnson, PhD