We, the undersigned, support the request by community groups, including the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), to rezone the C6-1 district in the Far West Village.

The C6-1 zone allows too great a scale of development, and inappropriately offers large bonuses for dorm, hotel, and office development. GVSHP and other community groups have suggested the C1-6A zone, which reduces the height and scale of allowable development and eliminates the bonus for hotel, dorm, and office uses as a potential solution.

This rezoning request, first made in 2008, should move as quickly as possible. There are two planned new developments in motion under the existing zoning, and according to a survey by GVSHP there are about a dozen other potential development sites in this six-block area that could be affected. The Far West Village is a special and very historic neighborhood with a distinctive character which should be preserved.