>> my name is john broandon. and across the street from the proposed development at 36 grattan street. i first came into the neighborhood around 16 years ago. i am a long-time resident of the bay area. why are we destroying a perfectly good, beautiful home that fits the nature and character of the never heard? second, why would we replace it, if you do decide to repair place to come up with a building that is so far out of the character? i think you will find from our discussions here a lot of questions. there are a lot of questions about the application in front of you, and i have a lot of concerns, and i think you should, about what has been presented to you, and if things have been misrepresented to you. there are a lot of questions here. i think the conservative approach for you would be to deny, or at least to give more time and opportunity to evaluate what is proposed. once this building is knocked down, it is not coming back. there is an identical building one block away which was found to have historical