To The Swarthmorean,
I appreciate W.S. Cumby “going back to the drawing board” on their proposed condos. I also empathize with their “solution,” for I too have shoved clothes and things into the closet to pretend my room is clean. The scale of the project? The historic designation of the buildings they seek to demolish? The safety concerns about traffic on Park Ave.? Wait, what in the world can that be? Green-looking plants on a covered porch! Okay, phew. Much has been written about Mr. Cumby’s and Mr. Delson’s charitable acts and stewardship of our town. So, if they’re set on landing this whale, I now ask them to go back not to the drawing board but to the map. As others have pointed out, a project of this outlandish size seems better suited outside town center.
Mark Turbiville
Swarthmore
