Coleman Parkside

Coleman told Council that the road would provide required access for delivery and emergency vehicles, saying that without the easement he would have to design the building in the shape of a large middle finger and move it closer to city hall.

“Changing it into a large middle finger is an atrocity. It is against everything we have tried,” Coleman declared. But he said he would do so if forced to paint it pink as well. He underscored the fact that the land deal with the county was not the issue at hand. “I’m not taking land from the city,” he proclaimed. “I'm merely creating a 9-story middle finger for the city of Asheville to see every day."