The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 22, 1972, Page Page 5, Image 5
The closing of Green Street has
been an issue among students and
faculty at USC for the last 10 years.
Concerned students and faculty
members have proposed closing or
depressing Green Street between
Sumter and Pickens Streets.
Many persons feel that Green
Street is unsafe, it adds to air noise
and air pollution, and it leads to a
divided campus. Scott HoIsclaw,
Chairman of the Green Street
Traffic Committee, claims that
after researching the issue, the
committee has concluded the most
logical and economically feasible
solution is to close the street. The
street is a source of air pollution
and a hazard to student safety.
According to Holsclaw, the main
reasons- for closing the street are
unity and aesthetics. "Something
has to be done, he daid, It not only
is feasible, it must be feasible. You
can't put a price on human life."
I think it would be desirable if
the proper alternatives were of
-een Sti
fered for city and universit3
traffic," Dr. William H. Patterson
University provost said.
He said he considers it feasible
but stresses that Pendleton o1
some other street parallel to Greer
Street would have to be widened ti
handle the traffic flow. He als(
said new entrances to parking lot
would have to be provided.
"If these alternatives were
considered, I would suppori
students efforts to close Greer
Correction
library to
USC sponsors of a book drive foi
the Manning Correctional In
stitution library reported Monday
that more than 8,000 books anc
periodicals have been donated.
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Street," Patterson said.
Harold Brunton, vice-president
of business affairs, said he was
definitely in favor of the closing or
depression of Green Street. The
continued growth of the Universtiy
dictates the need for separation of
pedestrians and traffic, he said.
The proposal to close the street
was taken before the City Council
on 1961 and has been presented to
them several times since then, but
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student and the project's director,
said the Manning prison library
was doubled in size and that new
shelves have been constructed to
handle the materials.
William D. Leeke, director of the
S.C. Department of Corrections,
and Dr. Thomas F. Jones, USC
president, were on hand Monday at
manning to review results of the
drive to date.
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Two groups of bicyclers
Carolina Stadium in Columi
9:30 Saturday, on a two-day
Each group will end its ri<
State Park. Some riders plar
the park and return to Columb
the next day. A bus will follow
rhere are plans to an underpass of
Assembly Street from the Law
3chool to the Coliseum. A few
years ago, Brunton said, either of
these walkways would have been
eonsidered crazy.
According to Brunton, there is no
luestion, from the University's
;tandpoint, that pedestrians and
)ikers must be separated from
traffic. This goal will be ob
tained,he said by continually
pointing out the problems involved
nd by applying pressure in the
proper places.
Dr. Robert R. Roberts of the
Traffic and Transportation Center
recommended the closing or
depressing of Green Street in a
parking study. He pointed out that
it would be practical to depress
Green Street between Sumter and
Pickens Street and to lower
Pickens Street from Pendleton
Street to Green Street. Thus, there
would be a depressed intersection
at Pickens and Green.
Dr. Roberts said the loss of the
parking spaces directly on Green
street was not a major con
sideration. He confirmed that
revenue from the parking meters
on Green Street went to the city,
not to the University.
Lowering Green Street would be
a compromise between those who
want the street closed and those
who want it left open, Dr. Roberts
said. However, the process of
depressing the street would be
lengthy and expensive, while
closing it would be cheap and
quick.
Last fall, the committee spon
sored a Traffic Origin and
Destination Survey of Green
street. The results are now being
tabulated.
"I'm sure it will be closed,"
Holsclaw concluded.
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the city feels Green Street is vital
to traffic flow.
The alternative to closing, ac
cording to Brunton, is depression
f the street with construction of
an overpass. The main problem
with depression is lack of funds;
the city and the Highway
Department claim it is not feasible
from a financial standpoint. The
University has constructed one
overpass of Blossom Street.
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Montgomery said the project
Aill continue through March 31,
ind additional donation will be
listributed to other correctional
institutions in this area.
He said a number groups and
individuals have contributed books
in the drive that began Feb. 8,
including other colleges, USC
campus organizations and
departments, churches, state
agencies and local businesses.
*r Services book drive for
on are (left to right) Reid H.
ector; William D. Leeke,
orrections; Dr. Thomas F.
nd John Elkins, director of
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