Support Plymouth Neighborhood and Historic Preservation
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Armando Kurili
10 years ago
Please preserve the history, you can't afford to lose it.
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Bill Lincoln
10 years ago
We love our Plymouth downtown and we love the businesses downtown. However, we do not agree that tearing down historic buildings or the adjacent 100+ year-old neighborhood is good strategy for parking. Surface lots on marque corners in downtown do not add to the walk-ability or quaintness of our town. Good urban planning puts parking behind storefronts (like behind the Gathering, or behind EJ Nicks, or behind the Wilcox/future storefront, behind the Meeting House, etc)...not in direct view of the fountain.
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Robert Hurley
10 years ago
I am a resident of Plymouth and I do not think we need more parking lots. We need to keep the character or our city.
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Karen Raley
10 years ago
No way. Preserve them.
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Candi Bogart
10 years ago
Maple St. is beautiful and historic. Leave it alone.
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Angela Fortino
10 years ago
Parking lots are not a solution for economic development or community vitality!
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Stacey powell
10 years ago
Keep Plymouth beautiful with all its history. Stop demolishing history !
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Keith Bovee
10 years ago
As a senior citizen who grew up in Plymouth I am amazed that anyone would consider changing the basic core around Kellogg Park. With all of the changes in Plymouth some of its history needs to be preserved.
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Janet Holtz
10 years ago
Please don't destroy the history of Plymouth. A parking lot can be anywhere, but once the building is destroyed it will be gone forever.
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Lauren Barrett
10 years ago
The demolishing of historic buildings and creation of a parking lot will destroy the quaintness and hometown feel of Plymouth; rendering this area no different than any other concrete suburban downtown.
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Joseph Duncan
10 years ago
Tearing down the history is to tear down what makes Plymouth the destination that it has become.
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Susan Morris
10 years ago
I moved to Plymouth in 1967. There have been many changes over the years, most great, some I didn't like so much, to tear down the Saxon building for a parking lot is worng.
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Jeffrey Cheetam
10 years ago
Drive through and around downtown almost any night of the week, and you will find parking. This is an issue of "convenience" vs. an issue of "need". We "need" more parking like we "need" more McMansions in the City.
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Karen arini
10 years ago
Totally supporting this !!
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Kathy A Reilly
10 years ago
My name is Kathy (Tungate) Reilly. I grew up in Plymouth. My grandparents moved from Detroit to Plymouth in 1941. My mom and 5 of my 6 siblings graduated from Plymouth schools. Plymouth is a great community, it has changed a lot over the years, but we need to keep some of our history. Please stop destroying the old because newer is not always better!
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Justin Duncan
10 years ago
Pretty sad that one of Wayne county's most historically distinguishable towns needs a petition drive to convince it to perform historic preservation. Read your urban planning research, DDA. START WITH Donald Shoup's "The High Cost of Free Parking." There is plenty of on-street parking, and walking an extra block won't deter people from dining in DTP. I assure you.
Parking lots are what make unique towns look like every other suburb. Engage in placemaking.
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Christine Gardner
10 years ago
Don't do it! Keep this area historic!!
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Paulette Longe
10 years ago
More Trees not cement!!!!
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Lynne White
10 years ago
Preserve Historic buildings and steers in Plymouth Michigan!
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Susan Nicholas
10 years ago
Keep Plymouth beautiful! People come here for our beauty and charm. It's a refreshing change from the subdivision-and-strip center sprawl that exists elsewhere.
Please preserve the history, you can't afford to lose it.
We love our Plymouth downtown and we love the businesses downtown. However, we do not agree that tearing down historic buildings or the adjacent 100+ year-old neighborhood is good strategy for parking. Surface lots on marque corners in downtown do not add to the walk-ability or quaintness of our town. Good urban planning puts parking behind storefronts (like behind the Gathering, or behind EJ Nicks, or behind the Wilcox/future storefront, behind the Meeting House, etc)...not in direct view of the fountain.
I am a resident of Plymouth and I do not think we need more parking lots. We need to keep the character or our city.
No way. Preserve them.
Maple St. is beautiful and historic. Leave it alone.
Parking lots are not a solution for economic development or community vitality!
Keep Plymouth beautiful with all its history. Stop demolishing history !
As a senior citizen who grew up in Plymouth I am amazed that anyone would consider changing the basic core around Kellogg Park. With all of the changes in Plymouth some of its history needs to be preserved.
Please don't destroy the history of Plymouth. A parking lot can be anywhere, but once the building is destroyed it will be gone forever.
The demolishing of historic buildings and creation of a parking lot will destroy the quaintness and hometown feel of Plymouth; rendering this area no different than any other concrete suburban downtown.
Tearing down the history is to tear down what makes Plymouth the destination that it has become.
I moved to Plymouth in 1967. There have been many changes over the years, most great, some I didn't like so much, to tear down the Saxon building for a parking lot is worng.
Drive through and around downtown almost any night of the week, and you will find parking. This is an issue of "convenience" vs. an issue of "need". We "need" more parking like we "need" more McMansions in the City.
Totally supporting this !!
My name is Kathy (Tungate) Reilly. I grew up in Plymouth. My grandparents moved from Detroit to Plymouth in 1941. My mom and 5 of my 6 siblings graduated from Plymouth schools. Plymouth is a great community, it has changed a lot over the years, but we need to keep some of our history. Please stop destroying the old because newer is not always better!
Pretty sad that one of Wayne county's most historically distinguishable towns needs a petition drive to convince it to perform historic preservation. Read your urban planning research, DDA. START WITH Donald Shoup's "The High Cost of Free Parking." There is plenty of on-street parking, and walking an extra block won't deter people from dining in DTP. I assure you. Parking lots are what make unique towns look like every other suburb. Engage in placemaking.
Don't do it! Keep this area historic!!
More Trees not cement!!!!
Preserve Historic buildings and steers in Plymouth Michigan!
Keep Plymouth beautiful! People come here for our beauty and charm. It's a refreshing change from the subdivision-and-strip center sprawl that exists elsewhere.