Today seems like an appropriate day to follow up on this issue.
Please visit the Cultural Landscape Foundation’s page on Charles Gillette (linked), who designed and supervised construction of Monroe Park’s WWII Memorial.
The imposing 800 amp electrical station which has been installed abutting the Memorial is an eyesore and needs to be moved.
So, public officials, can you please share any updates on this issue? We are most fortunate to even have a Gillette piece in Monroe Park and we simply ask that it be accorded the respect it deserves, especially considering the subject matter- honoring those Richmonders that gave their lives to bestow our right to live freely.
Please also see earlier press release from the Sierra Club Falls of the James, which mentions this issue.
This is a good reminder that this is OUR memorial, in OUR park, in OUR City, in OUR Commonwealth, in OUR country! Or is the collective silence from public officials and the corporate media about Monroe Park’s renovation issues supposed to tell us otherwise?! What’s happened to Monroe Park, a public park, is contrary to American values.
I am told that there will be an ex post facto attempt to get approval for this abomination at the August UDC meeting, according to Richmond Planning Director Mark Olinger.