. >> my name is phillip williams. i am the owner of 19 edith street. my home as 26 feet away from the development. i support my neighbors about the height and the bulk of this building degrading the beauty and character of the alley i l ive on. this new development claims to be an alteration of an existing 70-year-old building. making this claim, the project is able -- attempting to evade and force out planning requirements that would be a in a fact intended to limit the light and space. if this were recognized for what it truly is, which is a demolition of an existing building -- all that i am asking you to do is to take a good look at the facade of the existing building and what is proposed and take a close look at the f loor plan of the existing building and what is proposed. apply the common sense that this is not an alteration. this is a demolition of a new building. as such, this is valid enough reason for considering a design review. >> thank you. >> i live directly across from the sponsor project. i grew up there. i got married and moved away.