[Vwoolf] Letter Sent on Behalf of IVWS to Cornwall Council to Protest Plan to Destroy Talland House View

[Neverow, Vara S.]

Thank you!!!!!!

On 7/10/15, 11:23 PM, "Paula Maggio" <akronpm at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Dear Fellow Woolfians:
>
>I am sending this email on behalf of Kristin Czarnecki, IVWS president,
>who is traveling and does not have a computer available.
>
>Kristin has sent the letter copied below to the Cornwall Council Planning
>Committee to protest the proposed construction of a block of six flats
>that will eradicate the view Virginia Woolf had from Talland House. We
>invite you to use any portion of the letter below to craft your own
>message to the committee to object to this plan that will destroy a vital
>piece of literary history.
>
>Please send your email to the committee before Tuesday, July 14, 2015, as
>that is the date the committee is expected to act on the plan. Send it to
>planning at cornwall.gov.uk We were not able to locate the number of the
>application for the plan, but please don't let that dissuade you from
>using your voice.
>
>You may also want to consider posting a message on the Cornwall Council
>Facebook page (at https://www.facebook.com/forCornwall?fref=ts), and/or
>tweeting a message to the Council @CornwallCouncil
>
>For more information, visit this post on Blogging Woolf:
>https://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/view-from-talland-house-thr
>eatened-by-planned-development/
>
>Dear Cornwall Council Planning Committee:?
>
>The view Virginia Woolf had of the Cornish coast is under threat by the
>proposed construction of a block of six flats and a car park near Talland
>House in St. Ives. This view of St Ives from Talland House is an
>important piece of literary history, one that the Cornwall Council and
>the St. Ives Town Council should work to preserve, not destroy.?
>
>When Woolf scholars and readers from around the world visit St. Ives,
>they come to walk the streets she walked and see the views she saw during
>her lifetime. When they come, they bring tourist dollars with them. The
>Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf will be held in England
>in 2016 and 2017, and many scholars and common readers are expected to
>arrive early or stay on so they can visit St. Ives, hoping to again see
>the town as Woolf did -- and to explore the surrounding Cornwall area.?
>
>The views themselves are an important part of the inherent beauty of the
>charming town of St. Ives and are a vital part of the town's literary
>history. It is important that these views be preserved for future
>scholars and readers, as they lend understanding to Woolf's life and
>work, particularly her 1927 novel To the Lighthouse.
>
>The view from Talland House has inspired new scholarship and allowed new
>insights into Woolf's work. When those of us who teach share those views
>and those insights with our students, they are impressed by the beauty of
>St. Ives and are eager to develop their own insights into the novel and
>plan their own trips to Cornwall.?
>
>On July 14, 2015, when you consider the May 8, 2015, planning application
>submitted by Porthminster Beach View Ltd., please vote no. You will be
>preserving a vital piece of literary history that will continue to bring
>tourist dollars into your community.
>
>Best regards,
> 
>Kristin Czarnecki
>President, International Virginia Woolf Society?
>Paula Maggio
>Social Media Coordinator, International Virginia Woolf Society
>Paula Maggio
> 
> 
> 
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