. >> my name is josiah clark. i wanted to thank you all for being here.atients on ability to focus after so many hours of this every day. i have lived at 1628 lake street my whole life. our house was built to in 1896. it shares a backyard property line with lot 21. i oppose this project because both of these proposed houses are out of scale with houses on the block and significantly reduce the mid block open space shared with homes on 17th and 18th avenue and on lake street. the open space would be entirely removed. according to the proposed plans removing a wall of seven decks will be at the rear of our property. not only every a semblance of open space removed, equally significant is the removal of privacy creating a real fishbowl effect. we have many detached homes, and some homes on larger double lots. 1650 lake street is on a double lot. when it was for sale, many developers were interested, but there is a two-story bay extension that overhangs from the home next door at 1638 lake street. does this sound familiar? the illegal removal of the three-sto