Letter: Belvedere critics are 'pot calling the kettle black'

Posted 7/19/19

Regarding the “ Critics call for a better Belvedere ” article on July 11 and Halsey Herreshoff being filled with “horror” regarding the project, I offer the following.

As …

This item is available in full to subscribers.

Please log in to continue

Log in

Register to post events


If you'd like to post an event to our calendar, you can create a free account by clicking here.

Note that free accounts do not have access to our subscriber-only content.

Day pass subscribers

Are you a day pass subscriber who needs to log in? Click here to continue.


Letter: Belvedere critics are 'pot calling the kettle black'

Posted

Regarding the “Critics call for a better Belvedere” article on July 11 and Halsey Herreshoff being filled with “horror” regarding the project, I offer the following.

As a former town administrator and council member, Mr. Herreshoff should be leading by example instead of passing judgement and casting stones. His obvious offense to the proposed Belvedere project is quite the contradiction when you consider the deplorable condition of many of his Bristol properties.

In other towns and cities, they would be called slum dwellings and condemned. In Bristol they put a plaque on it and call it historic.

I offer the brick, two-story apartments on the corner of Constitution and Hope streets as a prime example. An eyesore none-the-less, yet Bristolians turn a blind eye on properties such as this because they are owned by Mr. Herreshoff and instead are offended by any new and not plaque-worthy development.

I appreciate the historic value and charm of the Town of Bristol, but to stifle progress in the 21st century is something that will eventually have little return on its investment in the past.

Paul J. Salesi
Bristol

2024 by East Bay Media Group

Barrington · Bristol · East Providence · Little Compton · Portsmouth · Tiverton · Warren · Westport
Meet our staff
Jim McGaw

A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.