Re: Nov. 19 news story.
Denver Councilman Rafael Espinoza’s hostile intervention in property owner Judith Battista’s effort to sell her home under a typical demolition right seems to be a case of misdirected effort, or too little too late. Denver’s northwest neighborhoods were upzoned to allow grossly excessive density, and that, coupled with lax or nonexistent design standards has resulted in the “boxy townhomes” noted by your story — as highlighted by the reference to a nearby redevelopment which will see 18 townhomes packed onto two residential lots. As a council member, Espinoza should be focused on revising zoning entitlements, instead of singling out this property while spinning yarns about the significance of its early residents — not presidents, statesmen, famous inventors or religious leaders, but local architects, likely unknown or otherwise immaterial to at least 99.5 percent of Denver residents.
Peter Ehrlich, Denver
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