russell smith and i bought the building together in 1994. he lives in the bottom unit, and i live in the top unit with my family, my husband and my 12- year-old daughter. i am not confident i will be able to adequately express to you how negatively this project as it is proposed is going to affect my family and my home. i appreciate the opportunity to give it a shot so you can better understand the impact. mr. miguel was kind enough to come out to see what the impacts are. i appreciate that. on a piece of paper, you do not realize what is happening to the people who live there and make that their home. i think steve untouched on a few of our concerns. -- i think steven touched on a few of our concerns. this is the demolition of a 1923 home and garden apartment, which will be replaced with luxury condominiums. that is distressing to me. we continue to lose affordable housing. in that part of the neighborhood, we enjoy diversity. as this happens, the neighborhood becomes more inaccessible. it is like a gated community. only the most affluent p