Maybe new strength in the economy from a new White House will provide the group which can make it happen. Congrats to Marcia Hart whose detailed research and concentrated effort has shed so much light on all the elements of a workable project.

Answer to Par Putt's question "What do you propose, oak?" I liked the leadership provided by the most recent abuttor, who brought Yale University into the equation. ( It could be any other multifaceted University, with Arts and Sciences, including UMass, UNH, Cornell, MIT, Wellesley, all which attract huge public and private funding The last proposal I saw, presented over at the Marina, in E. Gloucester, last year, was the best mix. Some housing, some academic elements, including art and our significant local art history, and industry, could attract the Big Bucks needed to it "right," from various federal and state funds, as well as non-profits. Demolition is a complete "no-no" in my book, always has been. The place reeks with history, copper paint having helped win the Civil War, allowing the North's warships to go faster, in crucial Civil War naval battles in the 1860's, because the copper in the paint prevented the growth of algae on hulls. Many famous artists have painted on site, or Of the site. Fitz Hugh Lane, Edward Hopper.among them I like best a mix of academic, office, maybe even some warehouse storage, residential spaces, access by water, whenever weather allows. I also see a need for some Inner Harbor scientific study, ie in sea water tanks, run by the tides. Maybe some fish reproduction, like what used to be on Ten Pound Island, a fish hatchery. Perfect place for tidal energy research. The key GO-YES factors are low neighborhood impact, remote transportation in and out, no net loss in n'hood parking, which is critical in summer. Trans by van, or on foot, or other, and quiet activities which attract mega funding. I miss my freind,Judy Chamberlain, (RIP) who along with her sister were the only residents with lifelong legal rights to go onto the property, left to them in provisos, in their grandfather Wonson's will. He was the Wonson, in "Tarr and Wonson." I'd also like to see funding acquired for the improvement of Horton St. sinking further into the Harbor, every month. And the re-building of the rail fence along Horton St. once painted white, which denoted public access to the site, and also access for mariners to fresh drinking water. ( They could see the rail fence from their vessels. )The rail was a 4'X4' tilted on its axis, and dropped into iron posts, with "Y" joints on the top of them. It's just about gone on Horton St. It's all over Cape Ann but is being lost as the years go by.