tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448505.post3743175537730405698..comments2023-12-30T18:09:21.599-05:00Comments on Chezsven Blog: Wellfleet Today: A Short Summary of Building in WellfleetAlexandra Grabbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290396567494638238noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448505.post-90411449457827310602010-10-11T14:31:35.330-04:002010-10-11T14:31:35.330-04:00My wife and I visited Wellfleet Harbor on vacation...My wife and I visited Wellfleet Harbor on vacation last week. We live in Tennessee and didn't know anything about the history of the dispute surrounding the construction of this house, or that it was at all controversial. Even so, we were both immediately struck by how outsized and inappropriate it was for the surroundings, and how narcissistic the person who had it built must be to so Keith Hodgesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448505.post-71228480683156392922008-07-03T15:53:00.000-04:002008-07-03T15:53:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment, Whales. What I deplore i...Thanks for your comment, Whales. What I deplore is the scale and changing landscape. Big houses, call them whatever you please, do not fit in with the rest of traditional Wellfleet. This is, of course, only my opinion. Personally, I hope the Zoning Board of Appeals will rewrite the by-laws so our pretty little town can avoid the same fate as Nantucket.Alexandra Grabbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290396567494638238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448505.post-57618022871480692612008-07-03T15:14:00.000-04:002008-07-03T15:14:00.000-04:00I understand everyone's disdain for the Blasch hou...I understand everyone's disdain for the Blasch house proposal, I personall think that they could have a better more minimal design. But they are entitled under CURRENT zoning to do what they are planning. And it is funny to see people in this town cry and try to change a law that is in place because they do not like it. I am all for the exploration of changing the zoning bylaws to ensure Whaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545713928666920531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448505.post-44886943576374750162008-06-27T13:06:00.000-04:002008-06-27T13:06:00.000-04:00It is happening everywhere. So sad.I live in the ...It is happening everywhere. So sad.<BR/>I live in the South and McMansions are being built everywhere.<BR/>I have recently downscaled since children are gone and I would even like something smaller.<BR/>A simpler lifestyle is wonderful.One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448505.post-85253632061717126462008-06-26T20:41:00.000-04:002008-06-26T20:41:00.000-04:00As a Cape Cod native from a family that has been o...As a Cape Cod native from a family that has been on the Cape since the first Pilgrims moved to Eastham I can only say that we are all heartbroken at the changes we have seen over the last few decades. You are right about it all.Sharyn Ekberghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987304898246173619noreply@blogger.com