Sherman Oaks Future

The headline Oct. 6 should have been: “All of Sherman Oaks seeks 2-story height limits,” not, “Yaroslavsky to Seek 2-Story Height Limit.”

Sherman Oaks, to more people than possibly several Sherman Oaks Homeowner Assn. members, is not just the blocks between Columbus Avenue and Beverly Glen Boulevard along Ventura Boulevard.

The character of Sherman Oaks is what brought it to its present ambience. The character of Sherman Oaks and all other areas is the product of blending all groups, all concepts of aesthetics and architecture, all of the day-to-day changing views of those who travel through, to and within, especially those who walk, work, shop and live here.

Zev, how quickly and eagerly you continuously limit the rights and options of one section of the community--how forthrightly you impose upon a community the future monotony of architecture without the pleasing aesthetics of variation and texture. You tell me: What is the character of Sherman Oaks and what do the people of Sherman Oaks believe the character of their community is. Poll us--then let’s go from there.

A community’s character like its people should be changing, vibrant, alive and different--yet the same. There should be room for variations of a theme.

Zev, relax, listen to the old Zev who fought for self-expression of people not for restriction after restriction.

HOWARD S. RAPHAEL, Sherman Oaks