Institute should be allowed new housing

Luke Visconti,Princeton
To the editor:
As a veteran, homeowner in the Institute neighborhood and business owner who owns an historic building in the borough, I wholeheartedly support the Institute for Advanced Studies and its plan to expand faculty housing.
   The institute is a thoughtful, humble and generous neighbor. Their mission is profoundly important to the world and their civic citizenship reflects their understanding of the responsibilities they have. Everyone can enjoy the institute woods, hundreds of acres that were preserved for the public.
   The Battlefield Park owes its beautiful vista to a kind donation from the institute – at which time, the promise was made that they could build their housing where they plan to now.
   The entire history of the institute tells us that they will do all of the right things when building their faculty housing. Having it here in Princeton is a credit to our hometown and to our country. The institute serves the ideals to which our countrymen gave their lives in our Revolution – it honors their memory.
Luke Visconti
Chief executive officer
DiversityInc.
Princeton