Last month, a group of concerned residents held a community action meeting to draw attention to a proposed development at 303 S. 51st Street. Developer Callahan Ward is planning to build three luxury apartment buildings with 33 units and three ground-floor commercial spaces on the site of a former mechanic’s shop, located in the backyard of many homes and only accessible by a narrow alley. The lot is zoned CMX2, which allows 33 units by right, but the neighbors are opposing the development due to many concerns, including environmental contamination, overcrowding, fire hazards, and more.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, the recently formed group, “Neighbors for Healthy Community Development” (NHCD), will present a counter proposal to the planned development and community members are invited to discuss and vote on it before it is presented to the developer.
The meeting will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the First Corinthian Baptist Church at 51st and Pine.
The video below shows the site where the construction is being proposed:
August 26th, 2019 at 4:38 pm
The 1910 Bromley map shows the garage but otherwise eastern half of the block was undeveloped. In 1910 the entire eastern half of the block was undeveloped and allowed the garage property greater access before the rest of the block was developed.
The garage probably predated the existence of the CMX2 zone.
i imagine the garage property owner getting irritated with all the houses blocking it’s access.
“Go right ahead and build yer fancy houses. I was here first’ and I’m not movinig” said the imaginary garage keeper. “I’m handing this CMX2 down to my great grandchildren…
August 28th, 2019 at 9:20 am
No actual plan was presented to the community at this meeting just some talking points. Also there was no vote, just an option to check whether you were more concerned about overbuild or affordability on a piece of paper that was handed out. The organizers put for a very one sided presentation that left out or got wrong key facts about the project.