I went to the last public meeting fully intending to vote Safeway Station out of existence but was pleasantly surprised that the architects had already done so and were now presenting a very nice alternative. Instead of voting for design four as I intended to do that night, I voted for the new design one. There was a good size group of others who did the same (we were asked for a show of hands if our preference had changed).

I especially agree with your suggestion to let the architects follow their hearts now that many of us feel they are on the right track (no pun intended).

I spoke briefly with the architect at the last meeting and he expressed to me that the changes to design one were the best they could do in the short time that they had to come up with them, and that they recognize there is still room for improvement – one being a more well defined front entrance above the top of the stairs.

Although I now prefer design one over design four, I agree that both designs are much better than the original design one.