Scoping documents, 1997-1998

This series consists of correspondence, slides, news articles, reports, handwritten notes, and proposals reagrding the movement to save Pinnacle Hill Park from further development. Pinnacle Hill was a land mass created by receding glaciers. It was the highest point in the city of Rochester. It was used for hiking, a scenic area, was home to birds and other wildlife, and was the former site of St. Patrick's cemetery . In the 1990's, a developer from Texas became owner of about five acres. The developer wanted to construct a luxury housing subdivision. Environmental activists fought the development and wanted the city to designate Pinnacle Hill as "forever wild" so that no development could happen. the activists opposed the development to retain the urban green space for wildlife, hiking, and to connect what the activists called the "Emerald Necklace." The "Emerald Necklace" is a green belt of the hills across the southern side of the city. The movement to designate Pinnacle Hill as a park ultimately failed but the hill was preserved from development.