San Guillermo,California

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Dear Editor,

The conflict between progress and preservation is an ongoing one and I greatly understand the need to protect the history of our fine town, but let us not confuse age with importance.  The buildings themselves lack serious architectural style and I have not heard of any history associated with them (and I've lived here for many years).  The old must sometimes make way for greater opportunities.  I am well aware of the gentrification issue, so while I am in favor of the demolition, I believe it is important to set aside a portion for low-income housing. 

Sincerely,

Scott

20 hours ago, Microbru32 said:

Dear Editor,

The conflict between progress and preservation is an ongoing one and I greatly understand the need to protect the history of our fine town, but let us not confuse age with importance.  The buildings themselves lack serious architectural style and I have not heard of any history associated with them (and I've lived here for many years).  The old must sometimes make way for greater opportunities.  I am well aware of the gentrification issue, so while I am in favor of the demolition, I believe it is important to set aside a portion for low-income housing. 

Sincerely,

Scott

Dear Scott,

I agree there's no such history affiliated with the buildings.The office building on the right is home to a small magazine company known as Regal Daily.No one really cares if the convenience stores on the left get demolished because Claremont is transforming from a ghetto into a lively suburban area.The company doesn't want to relocate because they say Claremont is their home town and they don't want to leave.Eventually I worked an agreement with the company to move their Headquarters to a office park(which was recently built)which is also in Claremont if the favor is in those who want the block replaced.At the same time I don't want a city-wide protest going on because I replaced a few buildings with better ones,so I might have to figure how this will work out.

 

Regards,

Mayor, Jordan Helmock