Post by fitzhenry on Apr 26, 2006 15:45:17 GMT 1
dear all, the latest (may 06) national geographic magazine is now out in the u.s. post, including a noticeably well done piece on HRH as duke of cornwall and mentioning, along with picturing, pondbury. i commend it to your collective attention. it may be on the website of the national geographic society.
since a poundbury FT piece some months ago now, i have been meaning to inquire as to the possibility of some sort of student exchange.
my name is chris robling, i live in riverside, illinois, and i am the president of the riverside elementary education foundation, as well as an outgoing member of the riverside preservation commission. the foundation is an illinois not-for-profit, tax-exempt support group. we raise funds for curricular programs. we are not the local school board, which operates the schools, but we work with the board and have representation from the board on our board.
riverside, as you may know, is the largest surviving example of frderick law olmsted's village planning. it is a national historic landmark and a noted achievement in the history of art, architecture, design, planning and -- perhaps most importantly -- landscaping.
we have 9000 residents. our local school district has approx. 1300 students in five schools, four elementary (ages six through eleven) and one junior high school (ages twelve through fourteen).
riverside is 12 miles west southwest from the sears tower in downtown chicago, on a commuter train line that gets one back and forth in about 20-25 mins.
riverside was begun in 1869, after olmsted and his partner carl vaux had completed new york city's central park. while its full realization was prevented by the "panic of 1871," the completed portion -- approx. two-thirds of the original plan -- is an essay on olmsted's view of the necessity for a sylvan retreat from the congestion, soot, overcrowding, noise, pollution, intensity and related ills of then-urbanizing america.
we have long thought that an exchange program with students from other distinguished planned communities would help our children -- and our visitors -- appreciate even more the reasons for our towns being as they are and the choices they represent for future generations as they complete their portions of the built environment.
with that as background, is there any such opposite number as an elementary school foundation in pounbury?
i'd love to begin a conversation on such an idea.
thank you and all good wishes.
best,
chris robling
since a poundbury FT piece some months ago now, i have been meaning to inquire as to the possibility of some sort of student exchange.
my name is chris robling, i live in riverside, illinois, and i am the president of the riverside elementary education foundation, as well as an outgoing member of the riverside preservation commission. the foundation is an illinois not-for-profit, tax-exempt support group. we raise funds for curricular programs. we are not the local school board, which operates the schools, but we work with the board and have representation from the board on our board.
riverside, as you may know, is the largest surviving example of frderick law olmsted's village planning. it is a national historic landmark and a noted achievement in the history of art, architecture, design, planning and -- perhaps most importantly -- landscaping.
we have 9000 residents. our local school district has approx. 1300 students in five schools, four elementary (ages six through eleven) and one junior high school (ages twelve through fourteen).
riverside is 12 miles west southwest from the sears tower in downtown chicago, on a commuter train line that gets one back and forth in about 20-25 mins.
riverside was begun in 1869, after olmsted and his partner carl vaux had completed new york city's central park. while its full realization was prevented by the "panic of 1871," the completed portion -- approx. two-thirds of the original plan -- is an essay on olmsted's view of the necessity for a sylvan retreat from the congestion, soot, overcrowding, noise, pollution, intensity and related ills of then-urbanizing america.
we have long thought that an exchange program with students from other distinguished planned communities would help our children -- and our visitors -- appreciate even more the reasons for our towns being as they are and the choices they represent for future generations as they complete their portions of the built environment.
with that as background, is there any such opposite number as an elementary school foundation in pounbury?
i'd love to begin a conversation on such an idea.
thank you and all good wishes.
best,
chris robling
