PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 24, 2023
The more I read about the Roux Institute plans, the more concern I feel for our waterfront. This location should be rebuilt as a good example of how to “retreat” appropriately with a nod to the climate, tides and sea of the future. Let’s get these think tank designers, architects, landscape specialists, electrical, mechanical and all sorts of engineers, biologists, hydrologists, geologists and so many more to work in new ways toward real system thinking change as it relates to technology. Build wave-slowing reefs and marshes; look at the historic excess of water in Back Cove, flooding along the Old Port, etc. Rebuild the existing building as a model, but limit huge hotels and other housing. Be forward thinking for real. Let’s stop burying our head in the sand while we build against nature right in the path of the future waves. ~ Carey Hotaling, Freeport