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[quote=Anonymous]I live in the neighborhood and I am in favor of a successful charter school like LAMB moving into Kingsbury. I want to correct some factual errors from earlier in this discussion. The Kingsbury building was never a “mansion.” It was built 100 years ago as a home for the elderly. For a while it was derelict, and has been used in the past 10 years as a school. A couple of years ago, a number  of neighbors, concerned with the use of formally residential properties in the neighborhood as commercial enterprises, such as daycares and churches, petitioned for and won a zoning “overlay,” which required a special zoning exemption for the use of any property deemed residential for non-residential purposes. Because Kingsbury was built as a “residence“ for the elderly, even  though that residence was a public one, it was included within the overlay. We can debate whether this was done in error. It is obvious that the Kingsbury facility was never intended to be a residence in the sense that we think of the homes we live in. And it was most certainly always intended to be used for commercial or public good purposes.   I have seen no evidence that the facility was ever used as a strictly private residence. If anyone has evidence of that I would sure like to see it. [/quote]

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