Greenscaping Sarasota

Is it just me, or are others seeing scarred ground where there used to be buildings? What the heck?

Would it be too much to ask for the owners of the newly vacant land to plant some simple native plants and trees so it doesn't look quite so bare? That is, if they couldn't have been bothered to fix up and use the property they bought rather than tearing it down, for heaven's sake! It isn't going to be "developed" any time soon, in case you didn't know!

I am at a loss to fathom why some of the tear-down permits were granted anyway. The Quay? Did The Quay even last 20 years? Nice location, lots of parking. Did they really try to solve the problems? I wonder?

I know, they wanted to tear it down and build mega buildings that would add gridlock upon gridlock. Why not 100 stories rather than a mere 10, as long as there are fire stairways and sprinklers? Now they blame the community for not liking the gridlock idea? However, that obsolete mindset has brought us to where we are. The worst gridlock ever, and record unemployment.

This isn't to say that we won't develop something new in Sarasota some day, just not now. Let's try flowers and trees for a while. Please?