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Dear Councilor Consalvo,
I can't help but think that Pinebank would be the perfect venue for all the dance troupes that perform each year in the Roslindale Parade.  And without a doubt, my wife's Scottish Highland Dance School would be happy to perform at the venue that Pinebank could become.

As sappy as it sounds, in times when families and communities are more fractured than ever before, a meeting place like Pinebank could help restore the threads that keep us together..... To offer them a "Tanglewood in Boston" would be a bold and exciting achievement.

Many citizens are working to try to bring that about. The dream of performance halls, concert halls, picnic tables on the lawn ... the attraction it holds for New England Conservatory's and Berklee's outreach programs ... the hopes of some to interest NYC Ballet's Jacques D'Amboise Children's Dance Theater to develop here also... such possibilities await our success ... if we succeed!
T.  Mahoney, Roslindale
 I read with great interest your email about Pinebank. What a terrific opportunity for the Boston area. As a resident of Jamaica Plain and head of the chamber music program at The Boston Conservatory, I am thrilled with the idea of bringing more music to our neighborhood and the greater Boston area. We have a  thriving visual arts community in J.P. I would love to see the addition of more music, particularly classical and contemporary. I could easily see Pinebank being used as a wonderful opportunity for our young, talented  students (we have fifty enthusiastic chamber groups at TBC) as well as a venue  for established groups. Please let me know what I can do to help this venture  become a reality.

All the best,

R. Rider
cello faculty, The Boston Conservatory
Ellen Lipsey
Boston Landmarks Commission
Room 805
1 City Hall Plaza
Boston, MA 02201
Ms. Lipsey:
Please support the Friends of Pinebank Vision for the structure.  This gorgeous cultural landscape must be re-constructed to benefit the local community- i.e. chamber concerts and picnics, etc
 I live near the pond and look with sadness upon this potentially beautiful structure.
 Best,
D.E., Parkton Road
Jamaica Plain

August 14th 2006 Dear Folks,  
This weekend I went for a walk around the Pinebank building to see what I have been reading about. It is a unique structure and a shame that it has been allowed to deteriorate to the point that it has. You’d think that the city would have learned its lesson after the demolition of the historic West End. I have written to the mayor, John Tobin, Liz Malia and Ellen Lipsey in support of your vision for this building. Please put me on your email list, and accept this donation towards the cause, for either the promotion of you cause (website. or whatever), or if you have a fund to save what you can of the building.

Sincerely,

Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130
Boston Globe Editor
Pinebank mansion should be preserved.
 
I read the article on the Globe (Sept. 11, page B3) about the Boston Parks Department’s proposal to demolish the Pinebank mansion overlooking Jamaica Pond.  If this happened it would be a great aesthetic and historical loss for the public.
 
I live a few hundred yards away from Jamaica Pond, and often enjoy a walk around the Pond. I have always imagined that one day the mansion's calmness and dignity would be brought back to its splendor again: a beautiful building in a great spot.
 
The proposal by the Friends of Pinebank to rebuild this landmark into a Cultural Center for music and the arts, funded largely by private donors and with the synergic partnership between the City and non-profit organizations, is an excellent one. This could save a piece of our heritage, share the financial burden of reconstruction, enormously improve the aesthetic enjoyment of the area, and provide an inspiring site for Arts. It would benefit us all.
 
I was raised in a country with a culture that values history and architectural heritage, where an historical building -- a recognized chapter of our past -- would not be torn down. I envision myself in Jamaica pond with relatives or friends, visiting from abroad, for a walk or attending a music event, talking about the Pinebank mansion, the Perkins family, Frederick Law Olmsted's Emerald Necklace system and how valued these are by the people here.
N.M.
Brookline