Friends of the Zeiss
Telephone:
412-561-7876
Electronic Mail: <
friendsofthezeiss@planetarium.cc
>
Internet Web Site:
< http://www.friendsofthezeiss.org
>
2004 December 29
Ms. Jane Werner, Executive
Director
Children’s
10 Children’s Way -
Dear Jane:
As a courtesy, this letter is
to officially inform the Children’s
On behalf of Friends of the
Zeiss, the nomination is being officially entered by Mr. Jon Wilson Smith who
lives in the Banksville section of the City of
Although Friends of the Zeiss
continues to oppose the proposed conversion of the Buhl Planetarium Observatory
into a Board Room, this is not the reason for the nomination at this time.
Actually, the proposed conversion would be an internal renovation that falls
outside of the jurisdiction of the Historical Review Commission, even if
historic designation of Buhl Planetarium is approved.
Mr. Glenn A. Walsh first
proposed historic designation of Buhl Planetarium in early 1989, as the Buhl
Planetarium staff and management planned Buhl Planetarium’s 50th
anniversary celebration for October of that year. The unknown future status of
the building, at that time, prevented the nomination of the structure.
It was not until now, when
the status of the building is clear and the exterior renovations have been
completed, that we believe such a nomination would be accepted by the building
owner, the City of
We, respectfully, ask support
of this nomination by the Children’s
1) External
alterations to the Buhl Planetarium building are now complete, and hence, this
designation will not adversely affect the Children’s
2) The
Children’s
3) Voluntarily,
the Children’s
4) For
more than twenty years, the Children’s
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5) A
member of the staff of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation informs
us that the Children’s
Within a week’s time, the
nomination application, in its entirety, will be posted on the Internet web
site of Friends of the Zeiss, for inspection by you and the public. We will
transmit to you the appropriate Internet link, at that time.
Sincerely yours,
Jon
(Nominator) Project
Director (Application
Preparer)
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Copy: Tom Murphy, Mayor, City of
Dale Perrett, Director, Department of General
Services, City of
Michael D. Eversmeyer, Chairman. Historic Review
Commission of
Members of the Council of the City of
Tom Flaherty, City Controller, City of
Larry Berger, Host, Saturday Light Brigade Radio
Program