HomeMy WebLinkAboutA002 - Letter dated February 6, 1989 from Lorna Peterson 2609 Ferndale Avenue
Apartment #10
February 6, 1989
Historic Commission Members
Planning and Zoning Commission Members
City Council Members
Please support the creation of an historic preservation district for the
Old Town neighborhood in Ames.
When I interviewed here in October 1983 and was given a tour of Ames,
my first reaction was horror. I remember gasping to my host "But everything
is so new!" and thinking how charmless Ames is. Finally I was taken to the
area proposed to be the Old Town Neighborhood Historic District and was relieved
to see architecture existing from the 19th and early 20th century. Leaving
Athens, Ohio, an incredibly quaint town of cobblestone streets and homes representing
several styles of architecture, didn't seem too impossible.
I live in a dull, common, Hunziker and Furman breadbox special - white
walls, green carpet, three story brick building with a flat roof. When I want
to escape my pedestrian surroundings, I walk down to Douglas to see my favorite
homes past 9th Street.
I urge you to vote for historic preservation in Ames.
Sincerely yours,
Lorna Peterson