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• Proposed Changes to Queen Anne's Square

  Seems a little like Venturi's design for Franklin Square in Philadelphia -- but not as fitting, really. The so-called seating areas seem awkward. I eliminate them entirely, and, instead, go with benches (with backs) alongside the sidewalk. Suggestion: check out traditional park benches at just about any park in the world.

  Posted by David Hingston December 26, 2011 03:32:35

• Queen Anne Square

  Lovely and sympathetic proposal. Makes a clear connection to the existing buildings and to the visual idea of memory and heritage

  Posted by NJ Preservation November 28, 2011 13:59:55

• Queen Anne Square

  There is a chimney in the model in the library. Pieter Roos says it is not "functional" . It is out of the question that any form of chimney or fireplace should be anywhere near the 300 year old WOOD Trinity Church --to give any ideas to the " undesirables or wrongdoers" who might be there.!!

  Posted by newport citizen October 29, 2011 22:54:46

• Queen Anne's Square

  About the only think historic about this unneeded makeover is that it will be a historic waste of money. Are there really no more pressing preservation and conservation projects in Newport than this?

  Posted by W October 24, 2011 10:47:14