I moved to far southeast Henderson 7 years ago. When we'd have to go "into town" we'd take Horizon Ridge Parkway north. As the road rounded Black Mountain, there was the most spectacular view of the valley below, so impressive at night, a ride we'd take visitors on it was so grand. Gradually, houses crept further north, until about the only view left was near Gibson. I remember our first 4th of July here parking at Gibson and Horizon Ridge viewing the fireworks on the Strip, it was one of the few things I really liked about living here.

Then that awful building started to take shape and, in order to give everyone's view to those who could afford $400K to $1M to see it, those lofts appeared. We'd tell ourselves that, eventually, the project may be impressive. As it sits there now, I can see the new taste in architecture looks more like something a child would make by piling boxes or building blocks one on top of the other. It's a hideous building, the view is gone, and now we get to see this monstrosity that will never look good until nature or bulldozers grind it back into desert. I hope that time may not be far off when someone makes that trashy looking crackerbox disappear. The only blessing for the place not being completed is all the additional traffic not being generated.

I gave up long ago trying to figure out the City of Henderson's planning department, or whoever in town approved all this overzealous building, but someone at City Hall was surely led down the primrose path when they approved this monstrous behemoth.