Amendola's Neighbors Are Mad at Him

[Joker]

I lived on the East Side for 30 years. This is Providence. Some rich jerkoff with connections to the city councilman from the East Side made a complaint because his fat freakin' middleaged wife's view of Amenbdola's backyard is obscured...or some other petty BS.All Danny has to do is duke city hall zoning with a few playoff ducats and that ****in' carport will be a helipad by May.

You people really have NO IDEA what R.I. and especially Providence are like. Eventually EVERYBODY knows somebody somewhere along the line and if you got the cash, you get to splash. I LOVED the East Side and had many run in's with the snotty uppercrust types residing along Benefit St and up top at Prospect Park. These mopes are so insulated in their wealth they probably don't even know WTF a "Patriot" is.

I miss the East Side just like Patjew said earlier. I live in Charlestown down by the sea now. Sucks down here. Don't bother coming down.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

 

[Galeb]

Why? If they don't like it, they shouldn't have moved in to a neighborhood where them's the rules.

I have no more control over them than they do over me. I was just smart enough to do due diligence prior to moving to make sure I was cool with all the rules I knew I would have to conform to.

The root of the prolbem has nothing to do with how much smarter you think you are relative to others.


"plus I have the added benefit of having some control over what my neighbors do with their property." is the root of the problem.

 

[sambam94]

The root of the prolbem has nothing to do with how much smarter you think you are relative to others.


"plus I have the added benefit of having some control over what my neighbors do with their property." is the root of the problem.

fine line between personal freedom to be able to do what you want on your property and respecting your neighbors and not having them be subject to living next to a junk yard. If people know what they are getting into, what's the problem?

 

[PatsBoy12]

He should get it renovated into the shape of a SB ring, replete with the diamonds and everything. Imagine that shining through your living room window. LOL

Screw people sometimes. As Ian said, people can be so damn petty.

 

[supafly]

I'm mad at him too, and we're literally hundreds of miles away from each other.

 

[IcyPatriot]

If you go and take the tour of Danny's carport ...
Walk a few blocks and stop at Geoff's on Benefit Street ... well worth your time.

 

[meatface]

i always think this preservation stuff is a little silly, i mean there are cars driving by obviously its not that historically preserved. And im a huge history nerd

 

[XLIX]

The root of the prolbem has nothing to do with how much smarter you think you are relative to others.


"plus I have the added benefit of having some control over what my neighbors do with their property." is the root of the problem.

I'd be interested in your explanation why. Why do you feel it is a problem for a group of people to willingly and freely move into a community whereby they all agree to do and not do certain things to their own houses in exchange for the return agreement that their neighbors must/can't do the same things to their property?

I like the fact that people in my neighborhood can be fined for not engaging in proper upkeep (such as bringing in the garbage, mowing the lawn, etc). The reason why is because I engage in proper upkeep anyway. Of course, the irony is that people who move into neighborhoods where you can be fined for not properly upkeeping the property are the type of people who, like me, would upkeep properly anyway.

Like I said, I have no more authority over my neighbors' property than they have over mine. I was wise enough to make sure that none of the things I am forbidden from doing are things I would have wanted to do anyway.

 

[patfanken]

This silly story became even more silly when I found out that DA's just a tenant in the house and the car port will be removed in February.

Now I happen to believe if a neighborhood has banded together and has some rules, and you decide to move into said neighborhood, then you should abide by those rules. Being a temporary resident, DA might not have known he was doing something wrong when he had the carport built. But those who allowed him to build it should have known and stopped it before it got started.

But even bureaucrats can be jock sniffers sometimes and tried to sneak it through. It didn't work, and when the carport is torn down in a couple of months, it will be an interestng local story and DA will find a less strict area to live next season.

BTW- I bet the carport was to make sure DA didn't run into any repeats of of the Brandon Spikes snow experience. After a blizzard sometimes those old neighborhoods can become quagmires for a few days.

 

[Joker]

I worked there when it was JOE'S Sandwich Shop. I lived upstairs in a loft with two members of the later on to be known as Talking Heads. I lived on free half sour pickles, Heinekens and Juicy Lucy sandwiches. Surprised I survived those years.

 

[DarrylS]

I worked there when it was JOE'S Sandwich Shop. I lived upstairs in a loft with two members of the later on to be known as Talking Heads. I lived on free half sour pickles, Heinekens and Juicy Lucy sandwiches. Surprised I survived those years.

The East Side never appealed to me, we preferred to live off of lower Douglas where we were more prone to getting broken into or be at the mercy of ruthless landlords who would barge in on Sat. AM looking for rent money..

Did you ever have a "Linda Lovelace"?? The featured protein was "tongue". Then there was the "Buddy Cianci".. it was a trip.

Haven't been there in years, but they were good..

Their menu from today:

Buddy Return$6.29

Ham, provolone, lettuce, tomato & italian dressing on a roll without the topee

Patrick Kennedy$6.99

Cold turkey, hot pastrami, melted cheese of your choice

Alan Shawn Feinstein$7.49

Hot roast beef, swiss & mushrooms with horseradish

Geoff's menu - Providence, RI 02903 - (401) 203-4520

 

[Galeb]

I'd be interested in your explanation why. Why do you feel it is a problem for a group of people to willingly and freely move into a community whereby they all agree to do and not do certain things to their own houses in exchange for the return agreement that their neighbors must/can't do the same things to their property?

I like the fact that people in my neighborhood can be fined for not engaging in proper upkeep (such as bringing in the garbage, mowing the lawn, etc). The reason why is because I engage in proper upkeep anyway. Of course, the irony is that people who move into neighborhoods where you can be fined for not properly upkeeping the property are the type of people who, like me, would upkeep properly anyway.

Like I said, I have no more authority over my neighbors' property than they have over mine. I was wise enough to make sure that none of the things I am forbidden from doing are things I would have wanted to do anyway.

The explanation is obvious. No matter how hard you try to justify it, the desire to have control over how others live is a highly advanced level of attachment. In the long run, such things only lead to conflict and pain.

 

[Galeb]

fine line between personal freedom to be able to do what you want on your property and respecting your neighbors and not having them be subject to living next to a junk yard. If people know what they are getting into, what's the problem?

What happens if the owner dies and the one who inherits the property doesn't agree with said rules? Should they sell the house they grew up in because the neighbors want their mailbox a certain color?

As I said before, the desire to control how others live is dangerous and nothing good can come from it.

 

[borg]

Forgive me for not joining the "DA is a Patriot...he can do whatever he wants" crowd. You move into a "historical district," you abide their rules.... period. The fact that DA knows he is in violation but refuses to dismantle it for two months tells me he is just a typical renter who could give two ****z about this neighborhood.

 

[fair catch fryar]

Automobiles are not part of the antiquity so the town should ban them.

As long as your horseless carriage is hitched properly to a post, I'm okay with it.

 

[SLGDEV]

When you buy into an area there are a set of rules and restrictions provided to you at or before closing. I has such when I bought a condo (association rules) and my last home (district rules). He had to know what the reaction would be. To me it is the same as people who buy a house in Winthrop and then complain about the airport noise. If you don't want the restrictions or the noise, then don't buy there. Do you know that in the historic area on Martha's Vineyard you can paint your house any color you want -- so long as it is white? You want yellow? Buy somewhere else.

 

[Deus Irae]

Forgive me for not joining the "DA is a Patriot...he can do whatever he wants" crowd. You move into a "historical district," you abide their rules.... period. The fact that DA knows he is in violation but refuses to dismantle it for two months tells me he is just a typical renter who could give two ****z about this neighborhood.

You didn't read the story, then....

 

[SLGDEV]

You didn't read the story, then....

Well, I read the story and saw that he agreed to take it down before the end of Feb. Why wait? There are rules in the neighborhood, and while he "technically" did not violate those rules as it is a "temporary" structure, he surely had to know he was skirting around the edges and certainly violating the spirit of the rules.

In the community where I live I had to sign an agreement at closing that I had read the rules. One of those rules is no statues (or things like it) on the front lawn. The reason for that is that they didn't want a bunch of pink flamingos there which would serve to cheapen the neighborhood. I either agreed or I couldn't buy the house. I had a choice. So did he. OK, he rented. Same difference.

The point is not whether the rules are good or not. The point is that if you go in knowing the rules, then don't complain about them when they are enforced.

 

[Deus Irae]

Well, I read the story and saw that he agreed to take it down before the end of Feb. Why wait? There are rules in the neighborhood, and while he "technically" did not violate those rules as it is a "temporary" structure, he surely had to know he was skirting around the edges and certainly violating the spirit of the rules.

In the community where I live I had to sign an agreement at closing that I had read the rules. One of those rules is no statues (or things like it) on the front lawn. The reason for that is that they didn't want a bunch of pink flamingos there which would serve to cheapen the neighborhood. I either agreed or I couldn't buy the house. I had a choice. So did he. OK, he rented. Same difference.

The point is not whether the rules are good or not. The point is that if you go in knowing the rules, then don't complain about them when they are enforced.

You either did not read the story, or you didn't understand what you were reading:

We sincerely hope the zoning regulations change in regard to temporary structures

“I understand that for 'temporary' structures there may be some 'give' in the regulations,”

what transpired to permit a non-historic structure to be allowed in the district.

We believe that the city needs to close whatever loophole allows 'temporary' structures but would not allow a similar 'permanent' structure,