Comments about ‘Planners agree: Mansion stays’

Yea, I am glad to see that there are some people who still want to protect instead of destroy. Thank you

The traffic that will be generated by a Deseret Industries will NOT work on 2100 South. It will be no better than the current location on Highland Drive, another street with narrow lanes.

Abandon this proposed location, and put the new store somewhere else. There are plenty of abandoned strip malls - and with Albertsons selling out, there certainly will be a few of those locations available.

Since the CC building has not been purchased yet, it's not too late to back out of this and do better.

I would love to see the DI move to the 2100 S Circuit City building. And in regards to the "Mansion", the original home was not that big or that nice. The owner's have more than doubled the size of the original "home". Let's work on something worthwhile and not saving some old office building in the name of nostalgia. Also for all of those that want to say that in Europe they would not do this, please note that the european economy is in the tank.

As I read the article it mentioned that the mansion is not a historic building. Why are we so concerned about an old home? So its okay for Barnes and Noble to build what they want, but not the DI? The traffic that B&N generates would be far more than the DI wouldn't it? There is traffic access to the Circuit City building from 700 East, 800 East, 2100 South and Lake Street. Last I checked thats twice that of Barnes and Noble. Maybe if the Circuit City building was changed to a giant Starbucks it would make everything better.

Sugarhouse has been ravaged by more than enough demolition, and its character and charm will never be the same. It would have been a terrible, irreparable mistake to raze this beautiful mansion. Hooray for its preservation!!! The mansion is historic whether or not it's on the Historic Register. I grew up in that neighborhood, and even now I stop to look at this beautiful home when passing by. Thank you Ira Hinckley, Soren Simonsen, Susie McHugh, and the Utah Heritage Foundation.

Circuit City has a very large parking lot. There should be a way to design a loading dock and donation area using part of the lot. The current DI has very little parking.

Pure and simple.

If the one seeking a permit had been ANYONE other than the Church, there would not have been the slightest squeak out of residents, planners, city council, NO ONE!

But, since it's the Church -- all the usual haters feel they have the right to nitpick, bullyag, and otherwise obstruct.

Shame!

There would have been plenty of squeaking from me, other residents, preservation organizations, etc. regardless of who was seeking the permit. Religious has absolutely nothing to do with it. Needless demolition of a historic structure is wrong no matter who does it.

I was at the Planning Commission meeting when this vote took place. The LDS Church wants to tear down the house and have vehicles exit the donation drop off through that space and on to 2100 South. That makes no sense! 2100 South is already overburdened and having the vehicles exit onto 2100 South will only lead to a back up of cars in the drop off area.

Vehicles can easily be routed through the existing property and exit onto either 700 or 800 East. This would alleviate the issue of trying to dump vehicles directly onto 2100 South.

The Planning Commission motion was a little convoluted - but, the intent is clear, there is plenty of property already available for use. The Jensen house does NOT need to be torn down and having vehicles exit directly onto 2100 South is a BAD idea.

I was sitting in the back by the representatives from the Church and they all kept saying to each other, "We can't wait, this has to go through now!" They weren't interested in hearing or discussing viable options. They had their minds made up and it was their way or nothing.