A rendering released this week by the owners of the Country Club Plaza — showing a preliminary plan that would include hundreds of apartments and several new buildings rising 10 to 12 stories tall — has, in general, been met with two polarized responses.
Some people seem to hate it, saying the tall buildings will ruin the storybook look and charm of 102-year-old, Spanish-styled shopping district, which on Thursday will celebrate its 96th annual holiday lighting ceremony.
Other people support it, arguing that in an age of online retail, the only way for the Plaza to survive, no less thrive, is to attract more people, greater “density,” to the area to live, work and play.
‘The views we’ve come to love will undoubtedly change’
On Thursday, the Plaza District Council, a neighborhood group whose mission is to support and promote the interests of the neighborhoods surrounding the district, weighed in, asking residents to “keep an open mind.”…