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Green-Wood Cemetery Seeks to Protect Historic View of the Statue of Liberty PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Saturday, 30 April 2005
Brooklyn, NY - Officials at the historic, 478 acre Green-Wood cemetery, located in Brooklyn, N.Y., are fighting to keep their view of New York Harbor’s Statue of Liberty from being blocked by the building of a condominium. The proposed condo will specifically obstruct one of the oldest and most famous monuments at Green-Wood, the statue of the goddess Minerva, whose arm is raised in a salute to Lady Liberty. “For 85 years the statue of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, has stood sentry atop Battle Hill in Green-Wood Cemetery, carefully watching over the Statue of Liberty and protecting the memories of Revolutionary War soldiers who are buried at her feet,” said Richard J. Moylan, president of Green-Wood. “For generations, Battle Hill has been an important gathering place where veterans' groups, neighborhood residents and others come to honor those who have died in the cause of American freedom and liberty.”



Added Moylan, “We cannot allow one misplaced and intrusive building to wipe out the legacy of our patriotic and historic past.”



Moylan and other Green-Wood officials refuse to sit back and simply allow this piece of history to be permanently altered without taking action. They plan to discuss alternatives with the City Planning Commission in a meeting tentatively set for next month. We “will meet with representatives from the City Planning Commission to discuss possible zoning solutions that would provide a permanent protected view of the Statue of Liberty from Battle Hill,” said Moylan.



In addition, Green-Wood has had discussions with the developer’s architect, who has agreed to work with the cemetery’s architects to help protect the view. There are no guarantees but, added Moylan, “the landlord whose proposed building would obstruct the view of the Statue of Liberty said he might reconsider the building's design.”

Jen Kiernan, American Cemetery magazine, April 26, 2005

http://www.fcsworldwide.com/NewsPage.aspx?news_id=53
 
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