I live on Cape, but at “the other end” known as “Upper Cape”. Still interested in supporting this area. Think it’s too isolating for housing. Which towns would be responsible for providing bus service, for example? If workers are housed there, how do they get transported back & forth at all kinds of crazy hours, again, for example? Love the idea of rehabbing & preserving this beautiful piece of land. It IS very complicated. So glad the dune shacks were spared & saved. Is there a way to get a “tour” of the area?
Good background and fairly presented. I for one, am glad to see the air base go. Private people own shoreline property that can’t be saved, where’s the hue and cry for them? To do so would be inappropriate as nature rolls on. The National Seashore is a national treasure.
yes, a closer reading shows you are correct. Good article. Back before 1960, so many wise people questioned the vision of laying a National Park over established human settlements. The drama between structures and nature continues...
We are still working with the Park to resumer restoration of the Kuhn house. All is not lost.
Correction to your article: In fact, in 2003 the Mass Historical Commission did in fact declare the 20 odd "international style" cottages in Wellfleet as having "historical significance".
As political leaders rush to fill a housing gap on the green space of the Walsh property atop the primary recharge area of Provincetown and Truro's water supply, the former Air Base is being demolished for preservation. It looks like a land swap to protect the future water supply of the Outer Cape and take advantage of a moribund developed area for housing is also too difficult for federal and state leaders to comprehend. The NPS would be a perfect Steward for a water supply green space, if they allowed future water supply development on it, and the Towns could benefit from an Eastern seaboard outpost on a pre-developed parcel.
I live on Cape, but at “the other end” known as “Upper Cape”. Still interested in supporting this area. Think it’s too isolating for housing. Which towns would be responsible for providing bus service, for example? If workers are housed there, how do they get transported back & forth at all kinds of crazy hours, again, for example? Love the idea of rehabbing & preserving this beautiful piece of land. It IS very complicated. So glad the dune shacks were spared & saved. Is there a way to get a “tour” of the area?
Good background and fairly presented. I for one, am glad to see the air base go. Private people own shoreline property that can’t be saved, where’s the hue and cry for them? To do so would be inappropriate as nature rolls on. The National Seashore is a national treasure.
yes, a closer reading shows you are correct. Good article. Back before 1960, so many wise people questioned the vision of laying a National Park over established human settlements. The drama between structures and nature continues...
We are still working with the Park to resumer restoration of the Kuhn house. All is not lost.
Correction to your article: In fact, in 2003 the Mass Historical Commission did in fact declare the 20 odd "international style" cottages in Wellfleet as having "historical significance".
So it has come to pass....
But what about the future?
As political leaders rush to fill a housing gap on the green space of the Walsh property atop the primary recharge area of Provincetown and Truro's water supply, the former Air Base is being demolished for preservation. It looks like a land swap to protect the future water supply of the Outer Cape and take advantage of a moribund developed area for housing is also too difficult for federal and state leaders to comprehend. The NPS would be a perfect Steward for a water supply green space, if they allowed future water supply development on it, and the Towns could benefit from an Eastern seaboard outpost on a pre-developed parcel.