Please don’t destroy these historically important buildings.
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Susan Rubega
4 years ago
Please save this important part of the University’s history!
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Lynn Eriksson
4 years ago
The campus once had buildings that were built to human scale such as The Benton where I worked for 38 years. I watched as campus became a landscape of soulless structures uncomfortably situated with no attempt to relate visually to each other. Whenever I walked around Gilbert Rd it was a respite. They were welcoming--a touch of home and history for students. The campus will never be visually cohesive again and taking these buildings down won't make a difference. Please, live up to your agreement and leave a little part of our history. Remember today's shiny new thing will one day look like the tired dated institutional blocks from the 60s and 70s we see today.
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Sarah Tracy
4 years ago
A Connecticut native in Oklahoma, I appreciate CT’s history. So should UConn!
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Lisa kruger
4 years ago
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UConn needs to address some historic preservation. They need to look to other universities such as Yale and Harvard that have renovated, by necessity, and maintained a sense of history.
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Norma Lee Chartoff
4 years ago
You MUST retain these structures as part of the legacy of UCONN and it’s wonderful history, it would an aesthetic waste and bad for the environment in many ways to replace these beautiful houses. As a student years ago, I was comforted from being away from home as it looked like I was still in my neighborhood, as I lived on South Campus near them. PLEASE use these houses for the future of UCONN in a sustainable way. It would be an upsetting shame to see them gone.
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Dr Thomas L Evans
4 years ago
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As an institute of Higher Education, the University of Connecticut should be endeavoring to preserve our State’s culture and past, not to mention its own. To be an active participant in the destruction of it and attempting to circumvent agreements made with the SHPO, is shameful.
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Cynthia Treggor
4 years ago
Such fond memories of growing up there…
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Richard Hallberg
4 years ago
Shameful conduct.
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Ronald McCutcheon
4 years ago
The Board of Directors made a commitment to save two houses on faculty row it is regrettable that they are not honoring their commitment. It is an insult to the UConn community and preservationist who tirelessly work to preserve the campuses sense of place.
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Joseph DAntonio
4 years ago
Please honor your agreement
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Tammi Avery
4 years ago
Save our history
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Sean Fuqua
4 years ago
Historical preservation is one of Connecticut’s most important assets!
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Becky Cummings
4 years ago
Please leave the houses - they have historic value.
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Amanda Amtmanis
4 years ago
Keep your word!!!
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Brian Avery
4 years ago
How about looking at the dereliction inflicted on these buildings by the current owners?
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Caylei
4 years ago
UConn needs to start prioritizing the history of their campus and cease the destructive neglect and demolition in the name of “progress”. Once it’s gone, it’s never coming back. Protect the few remaining structures that keep the rural, historic charm and open space of campus existent .
Class of '91
Respect. Preserve!
Please don’t destroy these historically important buildings.
Please save this important part of the University’s history!
The campus once had buildings that were built to human scale such as The Benton where I worked for 38 years. I watched as campus became a landscape of soulless structures uncomfortably situated with no attempt to relate visually to each other. Whenever I walked around Gilbert Rd it was a respite. They were welcoming--a touch of home and history for students. The campus will never be visually cohesive again and taking these buildings down won't make a difference. Please, live up to your agreement and leave a little part of our history. Remember today's shiny new thing will one day look like the tired dated institutional blocks from the 60s and 70s we see today.
A Connecticut native in Oklahoma, I appreciate CT’s history. So should UConn!
UConn needs to address some historic preservation. They need to look to other universities such as Yale and Harvard that have renovated, by necessity, and maintained a sense of history.
You MUST retain these structures as part of the legacy of UCONN and it’s wonderful history, it would an aesthetic waste and bad for the environment in many ways to replace these beautiful houses. As a student years ago, I was comforted from being away from home as it looked like I was still in my neighborhood, as I lived on South Campus near them. PLEASE use these houses for the future of UCONN in a sustainable way. It would be an upsetting shame to see them gone.
As an institute of Higher Education, the University of Connecticut should be endeavoring to preserve our State’s culture and past, not to mention its own. To be an active participant in the destruction of it and attempting to circumvent agreements made with the SHPO, is shameful.
Such fond memories of growing up there…
Shameful conduct.
The Board of Directors made a commitment to save two houses on faculty row it is regrettable that they are not honoring their commitment. It is an insult to the UConn community and preservationist who tirelessly work to preserve the campuses sense of place.
Please honor your agreement
Save our history
Historical preservation is one of Connecticut’s most important assets!
Please leave the houses - they have historic value.
Keep your word!!!
How about looking at the dereliction inflicted on these buildings by the current owners?
UConn needs to start prioritizing the history of their campus and cease the destructive neglect and demolition in the name of “progress”. Once it’s gone, it’s never coming back. Protect the few remaining structures that keep the rural, historic charm and open space of campus existent .
Save history!