Preserve the Grove Street Cemetery

This petition was published by Anstress Farwell on Sep 17, 2009

TO: The Standing Committee, Proprietors of Grove Street Cemetery - G. Harold Welch Jr, Dr. David F. Musto, Dr. Curtis Patton, Prof. Harry B. Adams, Eleanor Babbitt, Anne Tyler Calabresi, Milton P. DeVane, Charles D. Ellis, Marjorie R. Hemingway, Prof. Howard R. Lamar, Prof. John G. Simon. Copy to: Mayor John DeStefano

RE: The Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT

We the undersigned wish to express our support for the preservation of the Grove Street Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark. We oppose the plan to tear down large sections of its historic and architecturally significant wall along Prospect Street and to substitute cast-iron fences as replacements. We believe that this plan will cause irreparable harm to the character of the Cemetery and its setting.

We believe too, that the goal of the proponents of this plan - to enhance the experience of Yale students walking from Science Hill to the core campus can be best addressed through restoring the quality of the public space along the Cemetery wall through tree planting and street and sidewalk improvements.

We also ask the City of New Haven to take any and all steps necessary to secure and protect these historic resources.

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