Hole in the ground tradition of development.

Once there was a train station building on Bank Street where now stand twin residential towers of about 22 stories.

The train station was demolished in the 1970s and remained an embarrassing hole in the ground for parts of three decades. Small trees began to grow.

Let's combine that with the fact that the Continuum rental building just south took ten years to get built.

There is a mega hole in ground bordered by Post Road, South Broadway and Maple Avenue. In other words, where everyone can see it. Destruction has not been followed by construction. Hold that thought.

The mini mall that contains the DMV is another potential hole in the ground. The Asian market there has closed because of planning for the Hamilton Square mostly residential development. So has Bob Hyland's place and others.

Building in White Plains seems excruciating. City decision makers have got to look themselves in the eye and ask themselves why.