Don’t do it, UMaine. The university plans to demolish the oldest building on the Orono campus for more parking, claiming it would cost $10 million to upgrade the 1833 former farmhouse. That’s a bit hard to believe, but more importantly, where’s the respect for local history?
This reminds me of how urban renewal gutted downtown Bangor, how Rockland’s granite post office was torn down for parking. Hard not to think of Joni Mitchell’s famous lyric, “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.”
Maybe UMaine should instead focus on more sensible transportation, reducing the need for a car park.
Steve Cartwright
Tenants Harbor
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