<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3RbNyd_1H4Le0W600" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3RbNyd_1H4Le0W600" width="1000" height="667" ><figcaption>During my first term, I expressed opposition during the original development phases of the Corridor, and several colleagues shared my concerns. Photo by Cat White | The Cavalier Daily</figcaption></figure>Thank you to Abigail Larkin for her thoughtful and balanced article on the Emmet Ivy Corridor, “U.Va.'s plans for Emmet Ivy Corridor met with pushback from Charlottesville architect.”As a former member of the Board of Visitors from 2011-2015 and 2022-2026, I appreciate the observations of Madison Spencer Architects about how the Corridor might have been designed. During my first term, I expressed opposition during the original development phases of the Corridor, and several colleagues shared my concerns. When I returned to the Board in 2022, I spoke against multiple aspects of the architectural style. Our concerns included the project's scope, its lack of consistency with the Jeffersonian tradition in both materials and style and the access, community, traffic and pedestrian issues Mr. Spencer's study identifies. The Board's minutes, which are necessarily brief, do not capture that debate.This is not simply hindsight. I respect the University's goals and the work of the Office of the Architect, but the "architectural vocabulary" Mr. Spencer describes is not what was ultimately built. Healthy institutions depend on open debate, and the University is better served when voices like Mr. Spencer's are heard and taken seriously.I welcome his counterproposal for the next phase. It offers a practical way to build with greater care for historic accuracy and traditional architecture, in the spirit Mr. Jefferson and his successors intended for the University.Stephen P. Long, MD, was a member of the Board of Visitors from 2011-2015 and 2022-2026. He can be reached at opinion@cavalierdaily.com.The opinions expressed in this letter are not necessarily those of The Cavalier Daily. Letters represent the views of the authors alone.</div></body>

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