http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-maya-lin-design-queen-anne-square-project.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:12 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14046890?utm_medium=rss Doris removed the ugly foundations to give us a beautiful park with many trees. Why cut down the trees? Why pave the green land with granite blocks? STOP CUTTING AND BUILDING and DEVELOPING. This is not New York City! LESS IS MORE.

]]> Mon, 5 Nov 2012 06:05:51 UTC 14046890 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13558281?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:47:54 UTC 13558281 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12746631?utm_medium=rss To change the charm of Newport is to tarnish what it means to those of us who adore it - the way it is. Heritage means something and is what keeps people coming back.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 04:32:18 UTC 12746631 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12746572?utm_medium=rss It would be an absolute travesty to change Queen Anne square, especially to the awful carbuncle that is the Maya lin monstrosity.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 04:28:41 UTC 12746572 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12200353?utm_medium=rss   Please do not change Queen Anne Square to the Maya Lin design.  I prefer a restoration to the original Duke design with appropriate long term maintenance of the trees and gardens as originally intended.  Duke's benevolence, passion for preservation and keen eye for design has served this community very well.  Duke used great care in the placement of every detail in the original setting. She and her life mission of preservation of Newport architecture would be better honored and represented wit

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:12:47 UTC 12200353 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12131374?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:09:10 UTC 12131374 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12131282?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:17:52 UTC 12131282 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12037499?utm_medium=rss It's fine the way it is!! All that money could be better used somewhere else!!!

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:03:04 UTC 12037499 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11999338?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:24:17 UTC 11999338 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11998913?utm_medium=rss What are trhese people thinking? A BAD idea!

]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:00:45 UTC 11998913 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11995381?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:28:52 UTC 11995381 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11862152?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:49:49 UTC 11862152 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11858795?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:49:54 UTC 11858795 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855782?utm_medium=rss horrible design.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:01:15 UTC 11855782 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11854263?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:42:07 UTC 11854263 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11853352?utm_medium=rss This would be a waste of money. please spend the money on something more important, like repaving spring street.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:34:00 UTC 11853352 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11852644?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:52:58 UTC 11852644 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11852639?utm_medium=rss Give the constituancy what they want!!!

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:52:16 UTC 11852639 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11852462?utm_medium=rss Please do not do this!!!!!!

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:27:19 UTC 11852462 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11852152?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:51:59 UTC 11852152 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851991?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:34:12 UTC 11851991 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851794?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:16:54 UTC 11851794 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851580?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:56:43 UTC 11851580 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851482?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:47:29 UTC 11851482 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851415?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:41:00 UTC 11851415 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851359?utm_medium=rss No design will please everyone. We must make sure who has the right to decide and that the process is fair.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:34:39 UTC 11851359 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11851243?utm_medium=rss We need to establish a procedure for meaningful citizen participation when private gifts propose a sweeping re-design of a publicly-owned space. A commission, or a panel of judges, can result in a solid design. A public hearing with citizen comments, and letters to the editor, bring out the negative without finding a way forward. A simple yes or no vote at this stage will not heal the division over this. A more thoughtful process could.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:23:35 UTC 11851243 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11850865?utm_medium=rss Newport needs parks and green areas for people to enjoy. There are way too many talented designers out there right in RI that are capable of coming up with a much better design. One that does not involve tacky fountains and what did I read slabs of plain concrete. The value of a enjoyable space for families outweighs the perceived notion of a few historical foundation.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:35:39 UTC 11850865 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11850820?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:31:11 UTC 11850820 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11850538?utm_medium=rss It is appropriate for this to be:
A: A competition
B: A voting matter city wide

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:51:31 UTC 11850538 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11850023?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:48:36 UTC 11850023 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11850005?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:45:19 UTC 11850005 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849984?utm_medium=rss In times like these, there are more important things we can be spending our money on.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:42:52 UTC 11849984 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849864?utm_medium=rss Merci de garder le quartier dans son "jus"

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:27:57 UTC 11849864 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849793?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:20:22 UTC 11849793 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849750?utm_medium=rss Stop this brutal plan!

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:14:23 UTC 11849750 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849731?utm_medium=rss I support this petition to stop the Maya-Lin Design as inappropriate for Queen Anne Square

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:11:22 UTC 11849731 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849677?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:04:05 UTC 11849677 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849444?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:31:01 UTC 11849444 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849337?utm_medium=rss Stop The Maya Lin Design please

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:19:46 UTC 11849337 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849225?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:09:27 UTC 11849225 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849203?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:06:49 UTC 11849203 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849196?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:05:24 UTC 11849196 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849098?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:46:22 UTC 11849098 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849040?utm_medium=rss I enjoy sitting in Queen Ann Suare just the way it is.
I grew up in Newport and I have a lot of good memories of sitting in the park soaking up the sun with friends, eating lunch, people watching, etc. While I think Ms Lin's design is somewhat pleasing, it does lack authenticity with the false structures; the fountain and chimney. These structures just seem like a waste of materials and money.This money could be used (in many ways)to teach the local children history/restoration appreciation...

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:36:38 UTC 11849040 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11849030?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:34:25 UTC 11849030 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848793?utm_medium=rss If the Society reaaly wants to leave a legacy buy Coffey's Gas Station and make it a park.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:50:49 UTC 11848793 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848789?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:50:14 UTC 11848789 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848775?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:48:53 UTC 11848775 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848746?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:42:18 UTC 11848746 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848733?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:37:53 UTC 11848733 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848709?utm_medium=rss A public park requires a public forum for discussion/debate concerning its design. Let the people decide.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:32:15 UTC 11848709 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848693?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:28:12 UTC 11848693 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848673?utm_medium=rss Queen Anne Square is an historic site. Let's not "modernize" it. If you want the sculpture, put it somewhere else that doesn't have historical significance.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:24:03 UTC 11848673 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848655?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:20:31 UTC 11848655 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848531?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:57:40 UTC 11848531 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848362?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:29:52 UTC 11848362 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848335?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:24:50 UTC 11848335 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848241?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:05:18 UTC 11848241 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848138?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:49:17 UTC 11848138 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11848032?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:28:46 UTC 11848032 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11847916?utm_medium=rss Leave the park as it is. It's not the place to put a concrete monstrosity.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:00:48 UTC 11847916 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11847897?utm_medium=rss Leave the park as it is. It's not the place to put a concrete monstrosity.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:57:32 UTC 11847897 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11847892?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:56:41 UTC 11847892 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11847156?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:45:51 UTC 11847156 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846686?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:07:32 UTC 11846686 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846613?utm_medium=rss This is an outrage!!

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:30:08 UTC 11846613 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846488?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:30:20 UTC 11846488 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846470?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:20:00 UTC 11846470 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846457?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:11:28 UTC 11846457 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846410?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:47:18 UTC 11846410 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846353?utm_medium=rss I believe the design of such a project would be significantly more meaningful to the larger community of Newport if it were created by one of our own talented and capable landscape architects. The current design has proved to be divisive for this small community and seems to be being rammed through the city council. That makes me want to say, "SED8ZTOP!"

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:30:15 UTC 11846353 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846216?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:42:41 UTC 11846216 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846201?utm_medium=rss With our limited green open spaces in the city, why would we be better off with more concrete? Can we work on something else that actually needs fixing vs. messing with something that is already a used space as it is.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:38:26 UTC 11846201 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846090?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:03:58 UTC 11846090 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846086?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:03:35 UTC 11846086 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846062?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:55:18 UTC 11846062 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11846040?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:49:32 UTC 11846040 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11845971?utm_medium=rss My parents and my husband and I have lived in and loved Newport. Please keep her character and vote NO for the Maya Lin/Queen Anne Square project.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:29:38 UTC 11845971 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11845898?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:08:27 UTC 11845898 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11845824?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:45:43 UTC 11845824 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11845218?utm_medium=rss This destroys our colonial character

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:50:41 UTC 11845218 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11845093?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:29:13 UTC 11845093 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11844753?utm_medium=rss Please keep Queen Anne Square alone. It's perfect.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:30:07 UTC 11844753 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11844057?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:44:20 UTC 11844057 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843941?utm_medium=rss The mayor is an idiot

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:22:15 UTC 11843941 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843920?utm_medium=rss The mayor is an idiot

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:18:50 UTC 11843920 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843852?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:08:28 UTC 11843852 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843765?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:55:13 UTC 11843765 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843553?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:20:20 UTC 11843553 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843487?utm_medium=rss I lived in Newport for 25 years. This is a very bad idea. Leave the park alone!

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:06:14 UTC 11843487 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843480?utm_medium=rss The community should have been involved at the start. Well located wooden benches with backs, good lighting, and a few flowers would be an option the town could afford with a jolly annual fundraiser.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:05:32 UTC 11843480 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843303?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:37:00 UTC 11843303 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843293?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:35:27 UTC 11843293 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843257?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:28:55 UTC 11843257 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843109?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:53:22 UTC 11843109 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11843040?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:37:18 UTC 11843040 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11842669?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:04:07 UTC 11842669 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11842559?utm_medium=rss Although I am currently a resident of Middletown, three previous generations of my family lived in Newport since the early 1900s. My grandfather KNEW Doris Duke! This redesign project is an insult to her memory!

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:37:57 UTC 11842559 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11842549?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:35:04 UTC 11842549