NYC public scoping meeting scheduled to discuss Cooper Union's plans for Taras Shevchenko Place

by Andrew Nynka

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The New York Department of City Planning (DCP) has scheduled a public scoping meeting, intended to assess The Cooper Union's large-scale development plans, including the demapping of Taras Shevchenko Place, for October 31, at 10 a.m.

The Shevchenko Preservation Committee has urged both East Village residents and the Ukrainian community to attend the meeting, to be held in Room 1980 of 2 Washington St.

Both the DCP and The Cooper Union, which previously stated that there is no need to demap the street honoring the 19th century Ukrainian poet, patriot and freedom-fighter, continue to include the demapping issue on the scoping meeting agenda.

Yaroslav Kurowyckyj, president of the Shevchenko Preservation Committee, stressed that this is a very important time for all those interested in saving Taras Shevchenko Place and that this meeting will have very strong consequences for the future of the street and the neighborhood.

"We turn to the Ukrainian community for their participation and attendance at the scoping meeting and urge all to be aware that The Cooper Union has not removed the issue of demapping Taras Shevchenko Place from their agenda," Mr. Kurowyckyj stated.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 28, 2001, No. 43, Vol. LXIX

| Home Page |