Preserve the Diginity of the Divinity School Campus

Planned development is too large for the neighborhood

It is an astoundingly terrible plan. It will destroy this beautiful site for all time.

As a 58 year resident of this neighborhood, I have seen the traffic in our area increase exponentially. We have enough congestion already to put up with: the latest development at Goodman and Clinton, the proposed changes at Elmwood and Goodman, and all the traffic going to/from St. John's and UR/Highland/Strong. I have worked at the school for 20 years and it is hard enough now to get in/out during peak traffic times. The entrance to the school is on a blind curve and we have had accidents and numerous "close calls" involving both pedestrians and automobiles. When we had weddings and banquets at the school, they were scheduled when there was very little other onsite activity. 100+ residents going in/out while events are in progress will put a strain on the entire neighborhood. And what a nightmare it will be during the construction phase...

Environmentally, unsuitable for a residential neighborhood. Our property values will decrease from the gross sprawl, congestion and unsightly expansion of this landmark property.

Environmentally, unsound. Unsightly and will cause far to great a traffic pattern for this landmark, residential neighborhood. Build apartment downtown!

I use to play tennis on the courts when I was about 8 or 10. It is sad to see the changes to beautiful property. My father remembers the grape vines that grew on the hill in front.

A) why was this never placed on the National Historic Registry? B) who are the developers? C) will a mock-up be presented to CC? D) what kinds of traffic studies, environmental studies, etc. have been done? Aesthetics aside (for that alone won't save this), this area has some ground instabilities, and may not be viable for large scale development. D) where are the indicators that such a project would be viable, at least from a tourism aspect? E) has any developer shown an interest in repurposing the original buildings?

It was already a beautiful banquet center. My daughter’s wedding reception was there and we loved the venue.

Let me know how I can help. I can make calls. I'm a retired cold caller

My home has been in Rochester Divinity area my whole life..let the beautiful building stay untouched and use some of the empty lots and building around the area instead of destroying history and more nature.

Traffic issues

Leave this beautiful, historic setting and the building as it is. It is a spiritual site, unique in the city and the region. Build the proposed ugliness elsewhere.

Being that I just moved into the area and have only experienced the beauty of the neighborhood and the campus I feel that redeveloping the site for the purpose of adding tall buildings would ruin what the neighborhood has to offer and cause congestion in our streets. There is plenty of other places to put so a project.

I join my neighbors in opposition of this plan.

The campus is beautiful and it is important to preserve the innate beauty of the site by not cutting down the trees.

This plan doesn't fit the neighborhood.

I oppose the current proposal for the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School redevelopment.

South Wedge resident strongly opposed to current plan.

Will ruin beautiful quiet street. We live in neighborhood. Take down trees so they can charge more for a better view of The City?

Great - the downtown area is a mess of for rent and for sale properties. Might better address fixing that area rather than building more.