The very soul of Newport is being ripped apart by persons tasked with preservingour history. Damaging, interrupting and compromising the original and historically important path and gardens at The Breakers, designed by the renowned Boston landscape firm Bowditch & Bowditch, is not preservation. This is where the Preservation Society of Newport County wishes to install its visitors center. This is not preservation.
The Friends of Newport Preservation and growing numbers of supporters are outraged that the society is damaging and compromising the heritage of Newport, and its future.