It's a waste of valuable property that could be used to generate revenue to support affordable housing construction in a less expensive neighborhood.

Is that the best use of waterfront real estate?

Do the environmentalist know about this?

My thoughts are, what happened to our economy that pushed the need to build affordable housing? We used to have a manufacturing base that produced jobs. We used to have other vocational industries that produced livable wages. Houses used to be smaller (no >1500-1800 sq ft average). Neighborhoods were walkable. Kids rode bicycles safely to school. Does anyone do upholstery these days? Machinists? Woodworkers? Have we exported so many jobs to other countries that we can no longer support our own population's need to make a living? Why, what was the reason that suits our needs as middle class families? How many webpage designers do we really need?