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3/19/2009 9:47 am - Congressman Seeks Stimulus Funds For Restoration Work at Gateway National Recreation Area : The "developer," Sandy Hook Partners, has in fact committed to "design sustainable energy-efficient restorations." The architect working with SHP is Robert Kellner, AIA, a graduate of Arizona State University, with graduate research in solar and energy-conscious design. ASU has been a leader in this field, their program being featured a ...
3/18/2009 1:31 pm - Congressman Seeks Stimulus Funds For Restoration Work at Gateway National Recreation Area : Estimates for Fort Hancock restoration have been reported at $60-70 million, or roughly 10% of the total to be made "available" to NPS. While I disagree with Beamis on the historic significance of the Fort, I would concede that there are far greater priorities within the system. To state that ...
10/06/2008 1:23 pm - Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling on Development at Gateway National Recreation Area : Dear d-2: I've been away, and just got a chance to read your reply. I can't comment on the NPS staff and administration, other than to say that from what I've seen the personnel at the Sandy Hook Unit seem to have done the best that they can with available ...
10/04/2008 2:14 am - Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling on Development at Gateway National Recreation Area : More for d-2 - You posit that the NPS could have restored the buildings, and then sought appropriate uses. This skirts the issue of what you would have if you simply restored all of the buildings. You would have 36/100ths of an obsolete military base. But bases are closing, and ...
10/03/2008 4:10 pm - Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling on Development at Gateway National Recreation Area : Water Witch Dear d-2: That’s more than a few questions, but I’ll do my best, and return to the issue if I leave it incomplete. You should understand that Mrs. Stanley/Coleman, who married Judge Coleman [retired from the NJ Superior Court] relatively recently, has long been active in local civic, ...
10/02/2008 7:24 am - Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling on Development at Gateway National Recreation Area : The debate on Fort Hancock has included much comment on “using historic leases to displace public use of prime park assets” which, in the case of the Fort, is completely wrong. The grounds of Fort Hancock have been, and will continue to be, freely used by the public. The 60 ...
10/27/2007 10:33 am - Museum of the National Park Service Will be Built in West Virginia : Guess the devil will be in the details on where the funds to purchase 15 parcels of land encompassing 564 acres will come from, and who will get what for it. The only named participants, “Concord Eastridge, a national player in putting together public-private partnerships [and] one of the company's ...
10/27/2007 7:45 am - Museum of the National Park Service Will be Built in West Virginia : This certainly seems like a desirable and ambitious project. Let's hope that the community dialogue doesn't result in delays such as the rehabilitation of Gateway's Fort Hancock has been subjected to. On that subject, I have difficulty resolving NPT's support of the Harpers Ferry project with its opposition to the ...

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