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1 <br />Adam Toering <br />From:Gabriel Radle <gabrielradle@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, October 17, 2023 10:07 AM <br />To:DL-Historic Preservation <br />Subject:Objection to moving Navarre Cabin <br />To whom it may concern, <br /> <br />I am writing as a neighbor of Leeper Park with the request that you deny the Museum's attempts to move the cabin <br />away from our neighborhood. <br /> <br />Notwithstanding that the cabin's current location is not original, the cabin was originally close to the travel/trade route <br />of St Joseph River, and taking it away from proximity to the river destroys that historical connection. Furthermore, the <br />cabin is currently an anchor of both beauty and history on the east section of Leeper Park. If you take away the cabin, <br />you take away one of the most charming aspects of the park. <br /> <br />Finally, by removing a piece of history from the natural green environment that Pierre Navarre himself would have <br />known, and moving into the sterile environment of a museum's grounds, the cabin will no longer be a part of daily visual <br />access for the thousands of people who drive along Michigan Ave. daily and admire the cabin within the beautiful <br />natural setting of Leeper Park. <br /> <br />PLEASE SAY NO to the Museum's attempts to destroy our heritage under the pretence of trying to preserve it. This is a <br />false preservation project that only serves the museum's well-intended goals but without full consideration of the many <br />ramifications. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration, <br /> <br />Gabriel Radle