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Old Posted Jul 20, 2013, 9:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCalKid View Post
Why does everyone hate on Barry Shy? I mean that as a legitimate question, I'm unfamiliar with the issues that people have with him. From my understanding he has converted a number of beautiful historic vacant buildings into apartments with ground floor retail. Isn't that exactly what we want?
He may convert buildings, but he does so in the worst possible way, with no actual respect to the building. For example, look how he destroyed the lovely building on Spring and Sixth by painting it an atrocious shade of teal and haphazardly cutting out windows on what was once a beautiful marble facade. Or look how hideous ducts and vents spew out of the bottom floor of all his building. Or look how the signage he uses is so low quality that it rusts after a year, smearing the facades, and that he doesn't care enough to repaint them.