Comments on: Historic District Commission Tables 206 Cannon Street Building Proposal https://chestertownspy.org/2023/12/07/historic-district-commission-tables-106-cannon-street-building-proposal/ Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: John East https://chestertownspy.org/2023/12/07/historic-district-commission-tables-106-cannon-street-building-proposal/#comment-743670 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:54:08 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=172978#comment-743670 People should be able to build what they want. It’s their own money. Yes, limitations in the historic district. But this is not really in the historic district even if technically so. It’s a crummy old abandoned lot that’s looked like hell for years. Note to the owners: Check out “Historic Houses of Kent County” and “The Vanishing Landscape”: i bet some of those homes are 6,000 feet and many are in danger of collapse through neglect. Move one or borrow the design. Then all of the people who put up a fuss about every little thing in Chestertown can’t say the design is not historic or out of character. They would probably still say no though. It’s like they want you to use lead glass but tell you can’t have lead.

]]> By: Jake Pullen https://chestertownspy.org/2023/12/07/historic-district-commission-tables-106-cannon-street-building-proposal/#comment-743633 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:06:07 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=172978#comment-743633 In reply to Alan Boisvert.

Very well stated and I couldn’t agree more with everything you had to say!

]]> By: Alan Boisvert https://chestertownspy.org/2023/12/07/historic-district-commission-tables-106-cannon-street-building-proposal/#comment-743602 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:46:27 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=172978#comment-743602 I was recently very interested in living in Chestertown. However, my first inquiry into building a modest home on a lot in downtown was met with “nope, can’t do this, can’t do that, etc, etc. Since than the shine I saw has worn off. I now see Chestertown as a town lacking basic needs/resources such as affordable shopping, adequate healthcare, safe/flat sidewalks(a hazard for the elderly/handicap) and super-expensive houses prices. Furthermore, high speed internet(fiber) and natural gas are no where to be found. Easton has all these things and more. I just can’t see the appeal of Chestertown. Can’t help to wonder why someone would want to build an extraordinary 6000 sq. ft. house in such a sub-ordinary town. Lastly, the fact that the Chestertown historic commission would even consider something so out of character for the area speaks volumes for their legitimacy.

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