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Carolyn Henry From: John McGreevy <John.T.McGreevy.5 @nd.edu> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2017 2:54 PM To: Carolyn Henry Subject: proposed zoning variance Dear Ms. Henry, We write in regard to the proposed zoning variance for the structure formerly known as the Pandora Books building on the corner of St. Peter and Howard Avenue. We have lived in the neighborhood at 1010 N. Notre Dame Avenue since 2002 and we are within three hundred feet of the structure. We are, frankly, shocked by the proposal. The existing structure has always been out of place with the character of the neighborhood. The recent development of the neighborhood with blocks of single family homes has made this problem only more acute. Adding a residential floor to the top of the building only accentuates this problem, however enticing the proposition is to the building's owners. In addition,parking for the building is insufficient even now and this problem will be exacerbated by the request to have virtually all of the parking on the street. One of us will be at the zoning meeting to express our objections in person. We have never protested a variance in our time in South Bend and never anticipated doing so. But this proposal works against the efforts of many over a long period of time to build a more coherent neighborhood . We wish to register our opposition in the strongest terms and that you convey this note to the board. Sincerely, John McGreevy Jean McManus 1010 N.Notre Dame Avenue 574-232-1153 John T.McGreevy I.A. O'Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of History University of Notre Dame 100 O'Shaughnessy Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574)631-6642 American Jesuits and the World: How an Embattled Religious Order Made Modern Catholicism Global (Princeton University Press, available May 2016) http://Rress.princeton.edu/titles/I 0678.html i