Save UCONN's Faculty Row

I've heard on the news it would cost 1 million dollars per house to renovate them...... That has got to be the biggest crock I've ever heard.... Of a contractor charges that much for 1 house..... He's obviously robbing them blind because it's a state contract.

I grew up in Storrs (EOS '75), went to UConn for several years (76-77), my father is Professor Emeritus and still lives in town so I often am on campus. I studied Architecture and have a degree in Urban Design Studies. I always admired these houses - the hearkening back to a time when UConn was smaller and more intimate - and especially appreciate the streetscape that they create along with the grand old trees. They serve to humanize what is becoming a sterile and overbuilt campus, providing a human scale respite in the midst of towers and too much concrete. These houses are part of UConn's patrimony. I see no reason why these wonderful old buildings could not be creatively re-used. For example, when I was growing up they were used for non-academic groups that didn't fit anywhere else like Yggdrasil which hosted what would now be termed New Age activities, or student activity groups like LGBT, Black Lives Matter, Latino groups, etc.. They would make great artist studios, or maybe artist-in-residence houses for literature, poetry, painting, music, etc. There is so much that could be done with these that could add so much to lives of students. Please, do not destroy what can never be regained.

Stop Susan Herbst from destroying more of Uconn's esthetic charm and historic heritage. This woman must be stopped!

Save these buildings for future generations - it is criminal to demolish the vision and craftsmanship of generations only to replace with cheap ugly brick or concrete buildings with no history or social redeeming value. One here one there who is going to miss a building - they form a neighborhood a campus and when gone no one is building offices with craftsmanship or pride anymore

This is remains a beautiful area of campus and a nice counterpoint to the brick/concrete of the newly built areas that now cover so much of the previous open space areas. It's historically significant to many UConn Alumni. Please restore and make use of these buildings and perhaps add seating/gathering areas between or among the houses to achieve the multi-use role sought.

Destroying these buildings, something so recognizably UConn, is like erasing a piece of history, only to be vaguely remembered.

Please dont destroy these buildings.

Please reconsider the demolition of these houses which served many purposes over the years, and were the center of student life.

Please keep the sense of history alive at UConn's campus.

Please do not tear down

The houses and buildings on "Faculty Row" are charming and bring a sense of home to a campus with many large buildings and high rise dorms, especially for freshmen and undergraduate students. Furthermore, they provide a personal connection for alumni, including myself, who have lived in or participated in activities held in these houses. I believe these connections to alumni are essential to the university.

I urge the people involved to reconsider the homes on the Connecticut Historic District. Little by little we are whittling away what Connecticut is made of. We must save the historic homes. Have the students use time related to studies to rebuild the homes. What better class then hands on work! Debra Z Farrell, Class of 1992-plus all three of my children are UCONN alum-in the school at the same time!

Save the buildings! Help save any lasting bit of UConn's traditions before destroyed by the unsympathetic administration!

Please do the right thing and save these historic houses.

These houses lend such character to the campus ,the walls have stories of the numerous families and organizations who have been housed here. Please don't destroy these structures.

Please restore these homes. Our campus is beautiful, but not just because of the new, state of the art buildings. These houses bring history and character to our campus. Respect the history they represent!

Our country needs to value history more than it does.

I am in real estate- the estimate is crazy high to fix these homes up - It is only for government pricing that this would hppen. I just had asbestos tile removed from and entire house for 4K, for example- tile in every room and on pipes.

I am an alumni and just received a letter from the UConn Foundation thanking me for 30 years of uninterrupted giving. This proposed action by UConn has deeply disappointed me. I have no problem with UConn administrators receiving more-than-competitive salaries, but not if they are unable to think outside the box.

My father taught agricultural economics at Uconn . I grew up in walking distance to Uconn and feel Uconn needs to preserve it's historic character in creative ways and to incorporate this process into the curriculum.