Re “Beverly Hills OKs several builder’s remedy projects,” Oct. 16 issue

As an au pair [and] young English woman out to see the world from the small market-gardening town of Evesham, my mother and I arrived in Los Angeles [in] the summer of 1964 from New York at the downtown Greyhound bus station – the end of a journey across America.

Coming from a little town where everyone knew what you did the evening before, I loved the anonymity of L.A. When mother visited, I told her you could wear a bucket on your head and no one would say a word. I fell in love with L.A. immediately, and never left.

Los Angeles has since been the land with the biggest sky. Waiting at the traffic lights you can see the San Bernardino Mountains and the Hollywood Sign as our backdrop. A city with swaying 60-foot-tall palms everywhere and tree-lined charming neighborhoods.

So, I absolutely hate to see the horrible changes to my city. My own single-family dwelling community of 50 years is now under attack by insensitive people allowed by our city government, ignoring our lovely unique community with movie inspired homes and neighborhoods, to build massive groups of apartments – property line to property line – invading our pretty peace and blue skies. The Beverly Press photo is horrible to see. Why would anyone living in Beverly Hills and our central Los Angeles city want to see this happen?

Soon, the hills surrounding our basin will be hidden behind high-rise buildings. We are losing our paradise.

Patricia Mace

Wooster Street

Los Angeles

It is distressing to see the plans for the space where the Pavilions is located. It is too tall, too dense and inappropriate for a busy corner with complicated traffic lights and street intersections.

Traffic accidents occur here because it is a confusing and congested area. The existing Pavilions is well-regarded by residents and it offers quick easy in-and-out trips. To park in underground spaces for grocery shopping is neither reasonable nor feasible.

Many shoppers are elderly and they often have helpers. They will not be able to navigate the proposed development. Same too for families who bring multiple children with them. They want a convenient market, and expecting five or six people to “pop in” to the proposed new development, store and underground parking lot is not realistic.

I suspect that the grocer will lose in the end as well, when shoppers go to the Ralphs on Olympic instead. I know that I will.

I would urge [the city] to rethink this development. Part of the charm of Beverly Hills is that it is not overpopulated with high rise buildings. Let’s keep it that way.

Kathryn M. Trepinski

Law Offices of Kathryn Trepinski

Beverly Hills